CLEVELAND HEIGHTS, Ohio – A vigil will be held Tuesday night for the popular Cleveland Heights bar owner who was shot and killed at his Cedar Lee bar Monday. Jim Brennan, 61, died at the hospital shortly after he was shot during an attempted robbery at Brennan’s Colony Monday. The vigil will take place […]
LORAIN, OH (WOIO) – A standoff with Lorain County Sheriff’s Office and Lorain police ended with one man dead in the early morning hours Monday. Torrey T. Hill had knocked on the door of a female who had an active Temporary Protection Order against him. When she didn’t respond he reportedly broke her car window and fled. Deputies […]
CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – The father of a two year old Cleveland boy has been charged with one count of aggravated murder. Cleveland homicide detectives announced the charges Wednesday morning. Derrice Alexander, Jr. was shot at 2700 Washington. Police say Derrice Alexander, Sr. and his son’s mother were arguing around 5:30 a.m. Tuesday morning when […]
CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – Gun violence claims the life of a toddler on Cleveland’s west side. The shooting happened around 5:30 a.m. Tuesday at the corner of West 28th and Washington. The 2-year old boy, identified as Derrice Alexander Jr., was shot at 2700 Washington. He was rushed to Lutheran Hospital and pronounced dead. Police […]
The killings are being looked at as hate crimes, though it is not known as of right now it was hate behind the motivation behind the shooting deaths. OVERLAND PARK, KS (KCTV) – A white supremacist yelled, “Heil Hitler,” after he was taken into custody in connection with the Passover Eve fatal shooting […]
KENT, Ohio – Prosecutors are dropping the charges against a Kent State University student that was charged in connection with the shot fired on the Kent State campus April 2. Breana Francis, 20, was originally charged with obstruction of justice and tampering with evidence. According to police, Francis hid Quavaugntay Tyler’s gun after he allegedly discharged his […]
MIDDLEBURG HEIGHTS, OH (WOIO) – Cuyahoga County Sheriff Deputies shoot a suspect at a home in Middleburg Heights. This happened while they were serving a warrant on Sheldon Road around two p.m. Tuesday. Police say the suspect shot at them with with a 22 caliber rifle. A deputy returned fire, killing the suspect. The deputy […]
AKRON, OH (WOIO) – A man was shot during a fight over a woman in Akron over the weekend. It happened around 1 a.m. Sunday in the 1600 block of Wingfoot Way. The victim, Joseph Campbell, Jr., 21, was found with a gunshot wound to his abdomen. Officers arrested Melvin Prince, Jr., 22, and Christopher Cory Crenshaw, […]
James Larry Cosby, 46, has been charged with two counts of tampering with evidence in connection with the deaths of his daughter Brittney Cosby and her girlfriend, Crystal Jackson, both 24, reports KHOU.com. The two Houston women’s bodies were discovered behind a dumpster by a deliveryman last week and authorities have been searching for their […]
Pistorius has pleaded not guilty in the shooting death of his girlfriend, whom he shot to death thinking she was an intruder. Pretoria, South Africa (CNN) — “Blade Runner” Oscar Pistorius asked a friend to take the blame when he accidentally discharged a pistol under the table at a Johannesburg restaurant one month […]
NORTH OLMSTED, Ohio – North Olmsted Police said a shooting has occurred at the Home Depot at 26241 Brookpark Road. Police said that a 34-year-old white male shot a 34-year-old white male in the parking lot. North Olmsted Fire tells newsnet5.com that crews have transported a man to Fairview Hospital with a gunshot wound to […]
EAST CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – We’ve learned of more violence that appears tied to someone trying to make a deal with a meeting after an ad on the popular website Craigslist. The latest trouble happened in East Cleveland with shots fired and a woman even struck in the leg. Police say Thursday afternoon a […]