An adult man was shot in the cheek by Euclid police during an officer-involved incident at the Harbor Crest Apartments near Lake Shore Boulevard today. Dispatchers described the man as alert and conscious, and fire and EMS crews responded to the complex. Officials have not yet released what led up to the shooting and say more information will come as the investigation unfolds.
What officials are saying
A short video posted today by the Cleveland, Ohio Remembrance Page on Facebook includes dispatch audio and scene footage indicating that an adult man was shot in the cheek and was alert and conscious when first responders arrived. The post also notes that fire and EMS units were on scene at Harbor Crest Apartments. Neither the footage nor the dispatch notes clarify how the encounter between the man and officers began.
Where the call took place
Harbor Crest is an apartment complex listed at 24453 Lake Shore Boulevard in Euclid. Public rental listings identify that address for the property, according to Apartments.com. Video from the Facebook post shows emergency vehicles in the complex parking area, but the people involved in the incident are not clearly identifiable.
Local context: past officer-involved cases
Euclid has already seen high-profile officer-involved incidents this year. In January, a separate police shooting in the city prompted an independent review by the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation. The state's investigative files describe standard BCI work, including collection of body-worn camera footage, dispatch recordings and scene evidence, as part of these reviews, per the Ohio Attorney General's Bureau of Criminal Investigation documents.
Local reporting on the January case highlighted the BCI response and noted that the earlier incident ended with the subject's death, underscoring how lengthy reviews can become when the state agency and prosecutors examine use-of-force cases, according to WHIO. Those past cases have repeatedly renewed public calls for transparency around police use-of-force investigations in Euclid and across Ohio.
What happens next
If state investigators are brought in, the Ohio BCI typically conducts an independent review and compiles body-worn camera and dispatch records before prosecutors decide whether charges are warranted, according to the Ohio Attorney General's Bureau of Criminal Investigation materials. These reviews can take days or longer, depending on the volume of evidence and the need for testing.
According to this week's Facebook post, investigators are still working at the Harbor Crest scene, and more details will be released as they become available. For now, officials have not publicly released a formal statement that lays out a full account of what occurred.
This story will be updated as Euclid police or state investigators release official information. Anyone with firsthand information or media from the scene is typically asked to submit tips through the Euclid Police Department's public channels or the Cuyahoga County prosecutor's office.
