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De'Lawnte Hardy, who shot and killed Cleveland Police Officer Jamieson Ritter, has been charged with aggravated murder for the death of his grandmother, Beatrice Porter, in Garfield Heights and Officer Ritter in Cleveland.
RELATED: Suspect in Cleveland Police Officer Jamieson Ritter's death may face charges for grandmother's fatal shooting Hardy is facing aggravated murder charges in Cleveland for Ritter's death and was arraigned in Cleveland Municipal Court last week; he's accused of fatally shooting Ritter on the Fourth of July when several officers went to a home on East 80th Street to pick up Hardy on a felony warrant issued by Garfield Heights police for Hardy's arrest.
In court, prosecutors said Hardy stole a gun from Porter and shot her in the face. Porter's husband found her lying in a pool of her own blood.On the Fourth of July, around 1:30 a.m., Cleveland Police officers, including Officer Ritter, were near East 80th Street and Wade Park, looking for Hardy, who was wanted for the felonious assault of Porter, authorities said.
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