A man believed to be about 42 years old was shot in the face Sunday night on the 4900 block of Central Avenue in Cleveland, according to local dispatch traffic and posts from neighbors who described an intense emergency response on social media. The victim’s condition has not been confirmed by a hospital or through any formal release from the Cleveland police.
The first public details surfaced in a post from The Cleveland, Ohio Remembrance Page on Facebook, which relayed scanner information and labeled the case as developing. That post lists the injured man’s age at about 42 and states that he was shot in the face on the 4900 block of Central Avenue.
What Officials Are Saying
The Remembrance Page post notes that “no further details have been released at this time” and that the incident remains under investigation. There was no immediate information in the dispatch summary about suspects, arrests or the victim’s hospital status.
How This Fits With Recent East Side Shootings
Sunday’s report lands in the middle of a run of recent shootings on Cleveland’s East Side, including a May 11 incident on Gooding Avenue in which a 50-year-old man was wounded, as reported by man, 50, shot in chest on Gooding Avenue, and a May 15 shooting on South Moreland Boulevard that left two men critically injured, covered in South Moreland gunfire leaves two men in critical condition. Those accounts underscore how overnight gunfire often first appears in dispatch logs and community posts long before formal statements arrive from police.
Anyone with information about Sunday night’s shooting is asked to contact the Cleveland Division of Police non-emergency line at (216) 621-1234, according to the City of Cleveland. Anonymous tips can be submitted to Crime Stoppers of Cuyahoga County at 216-252-7463.
This story will be updated when police or hospital officials release additional information. If you witnessed the incident or captured video, preserve any footage and consider sharing it with investigators.
