The shooting occurred near the intersection of East 79th Street and Wade Park Avenue, reports say.
CLEVELAND , Ohio — A 27-year-old Cleveland police was killed early Thursday morning after he was shot in the Hough neighborhood, Cleveland police said.In a news conference, police said a 24-year-old suspect is in custody and being transferred to the Cuyahoga County jail. He was not injured.
“Our men and women are out there every day,” police said “They work hard. They risk their lives. They risk everything they have to protect their community.”“I am heartbroken about the devastating loss of one of our Cleveland Division of Police officers today,” Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb said in a prepared statement. “Our entire city mourns the tragic loss of this dedicated public servant.”
The Cleveland officer was killed just weeks after a Euclid police officer in his first year on the job died in what authorities described as an “ambush” shooting.
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