Cleveland's Buckeye-Shaker neighborhood became the stage for a daylight shooting on Tuesday afternoon, with Cleveland police discovering a scene littered with shell casings. Officers were dispatched after a ShotSpotter alert notified them at around 1:30 p.m., according to reporting by cleveland.com. The technology used by law enforcement detected gunshots, prompting a rapid response to the 2900 block of East 130th Street, near a local Popeyes Louisiana Chicken restaurant.
At the heart of the investigation were two vehicles suspected of being involved in the shooting incident. Sergeant Wilfredo Diaz, a spokesman for the Cleveland Police, briefed that officers found evidence markers strewn across the roadway, marking where shell casings had fallen. The exact dynamics between the vehicles remain unclear, as it's yet to be determined if the occupants of each vehicle exchanged gunfire or if the shooting was one-sided, Diaz explained to News 5 Cleveland.
While police managed to locate one of the cars unoccupied not far from the scene, neither arrests nor injuries were reported. As the officers cordoned off the intersection of 130th Street and Buckeye Road to delve deeper into the evidence, News 5 Cleveland's photographer captured the aftermath – a vista of over 60 shell casings marked out on the ground. The car found has not been linked to potential suspects at this stage, with ongoing investigations proceeding to uncover the events that transpired.
The situation disrupted the flow of the neighborhood, with Cleveland19 reporting that the intersection remained blocked whilst police conducted their work. Amid their evidence collection, no less than 60 bullet casings were found by the crews on site. As this story unfolds, no further information on potential suspects or motives has yet come to light, leaving the community with unanswered questions in the wake of the gunfire.
