Early Thursday morning, a tense confrontation at the Gas USA on Harvard Avenue left one man visibly hurt and had a store worker firing a warning shot into the air, according to a short community video circulating on social media. The clip shows medics and officers in the gas station lot while EMS treats a man before taking him from the scene. The post sharing the footage says the run-in started after an employee caught someone allegedly trying to steal from the convenience store.
Video shows tussle before single shot into the air
According to the Cleveland, Ohio Remembrance Page, the reel captures a brief struggle between a store employee and the man the post describes as attempting to steal. During that scuffle, the worker fires one round straight up. The post also says EMS took the man from the lot and that he had bruising on his head and stomach, while captions in the video indicate he told officers he had been shot.
Harvard Avenue’s rough streak continues
The Gas USA sits on a stretch of Harvard Avenue that has seen a run of late-night violence in recent months. In mid-February, a gas station clash at East 131st and Harvard reportedly left a man in critical condition, and earlier this month News 5 Cleveland covered a separate double homicide near East 93rd and Harvard.
How to share tips or video with investigators
The City of Cleveland’s public contact list notes that the Division of Police Homicide Unit can be reached at (216) 623-5464 for tips. Anonymous information can be submitted to Crime Stoppers through 25Crime or by calling 216-252-7463. Anyone who witnessed the incident or has video or other details is asked to pass that information to investigators using those channels as detectives work to confirm what unfolded at the station.
