EUCLID, Ohio — The Euclid Police Department has provided more information about the fatal shooting of Glenville student-athlete Te’Vion Cunningham. However, investigators are asking for the public's help to find those responsible for his death.
Euclid Police Captain Mitch Houser told 3News that officers responded to a call from the Euclid Fire Department about a man lying unresponsive in a Seabrooke Avenue neighborhood on Friday evening at around 6:30 p.m. The victim was identified as the 17-year-old Cunningham, who was taken to a nearby hospital and pronounced dead.
"We don't believe that something like this would ever happen in a vacuum," Howser explained. "It's 6:30 in the evening in a residential neighborhood at dinnertime. People are home from work, people are having a meal. We can't think that for a second that someone didn't see something."
Houser added that the shooting happened near where Cunningham lived, but investigators are not sure why he was at that location and cannot say for sure who he might have been with.
"What I can tell you now is that this is the preeminent investigation in the Euclid Police Department," Houser said. "We are working around the clock, throwing all the resources that we have at it in order to solve it. But we need the public's help."
If you have any information on the fatal shooting of Te'Vion Cunningham, please contact the Euclid Police Department at (216) 731-1234.
Cunningham's family released the following statement to 3News on Tuesday:
"With heavy hearts The Cunningham and Hill family acknowledges the passing of our beloved Te’Vion Rondale Cunningham. Te’Vion was an excellent young man, not perfect but excellence doesn’t require perfection. He attended Ginn Academy and New Beginnings Driving school. Te’Vion had an internship at Lincoln Electric, he played on the Glenville High Schools football team which recently won back to back championships. He also played on the basketball team. He had an incredible sense of humor and an infectious smile. He will be truly missed."
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