CLEVELAND, Ohio — An 18-year-old man was fatally shot at Kerruish Park on Cleveland’s East Side on Halloween, and Cleveland police homicide detectives are investigating, according to WKBN and Cleveland 19 News (WOIO).
The Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner identified the man as Jaylen Weems, 18, of Warrensville Heights, WKBN reported. Cleveland 19 News (WOIO) likewise reported that the medical examiner identified Weems as the man killed in the park shooting.
Cleveland police said officers responded to a report of shots fired at Kerruish Park just before 4:30 p.m. on Saturday, October 31, according to WKBN. While officers were on their way, they learned that a man suffering from a gunshot wound had arrived at a nearby hospital, WKBN reported.
Weems was pronounced dead at the hospital on Saturday, according to the medical examiner’s identification reported by WKBN and WOIO. Kerruish Park is a large city park on Tarkington Avenue on Cleveland’s East Side.
Police have not released any information about a suspect, a motive, or what led up to the gunfire at the park, and no arrest had been announced in the reports from WKBN or WOIO. The Cleveland Police Homicide Unit is investigating the shooting, WKBN reported.
Neither report released additional details about the circumstances at the park that afternoon, and investigators have not said whether anyone else was injured.
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