CLEVELAND — Police have opened multiple investigations following a bloody weekend in the city of Cleveland, with 10 separate shooting incidents leaving two people dead and 13 others hurt between Friday and Sunday.
Two of the conflicts saw at least three victims struck by gunfire, including one at a Cudell house party that left an 18-year-old man dead and two other teens badly injured early Saturday morning. The 19-year-old male suspect was also shot in the shoulder.
Just after 10 p.m. Saturday night, three more people were shot while inside a home on the 13900 block of Edgewood Avenue in the Corlett neighborhood. A 15-year-old boy was among those hurt and all victims went to Cleveland Clinic South Point Hospital in Warrensville Heights via private automobile, where their exact conditions are unknown at this time.
Back in Cudell, 41-year-old Euclid native Darius T. Wiliford died Sunday afternoon after being shot inside his car, which later crashed into a pole. Witnesses reported seeing both Wiliford and another vehicle racing along the street before gunshots rang out, but no suspects have been named.
The timeline of the remaining shootings is as follows:
- Friday, 3:10 p.m.: An 18-year-old man was shot in the left hand near the intersection of East 130th Street and Buckeye Road; taken by ambulance to University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center.
- Saturday, 2:30 a.m.: A 25-year-old man was shot multiple times and a 17-year-old boy struck in the hip on the 14200 block of Edgewood Avenue (about a block away from the later triple shooting); both taken by ambulance to UH.
- Saturday, 10:51 a.m.: A 15-year-old boy was shot in the hand during an alleged house robbery on the 3200 block of Marvin Avenue, while the 18-year-old male suspect shot himself in the pelvis; both taken by ambulance to MetroHealth Medical Center.
- Saturday, 12:40 p.m.: An 18-year-old boy was shot in the head within the 16600 block of Euclid Avenue; taken by private auto to Cleveland Clinic Euclid Hospital.
- Sunday, 3:26 a.m.: A 30-year-old man was shot three times in the chest on the 12100 block of Union Avenue; taken by private auto to St. Vincent Charity Medical Center.
- Sunday, 4:47 a.m.: A 34-year-old man walked into Metro after being shot in the stomach near the intersection of West 81st Street and Madison Avenue.
- Sunday, 11:35 p.m.: A 19-year-old man was shot in the face and hand within the 900 block of Evangeline Road; taken by ambulance to UH.
In addition, two men were injured following a car crash near East 176th Street and St. Clair Avenue early Saturday morning, with one 28-year-old driver in critical condition after his vehicle was split in half. Another rollover crash near East 75th Street and Aetna Road that afternoon left a woman with a possible spinal fracture and a small child with minor injuries, and there were also at least four suspected fatal overdoses.
Anyone with information regarding these incidents is asked to immediately call the Cleveland Division of Police at (216) 623-5464.