Digital Content Producer at News 5 Cleveland
Cleveland Police have arrested a 19-year-old woman on an obstruction of justice charge in connection to the fatal shooting of 26-year-old Antwoina Carter on St. Patrick's Day.
The obstruction of justice charge is a third-degree felony, according to Cleveland Municipal Court records.The shooting In the early morning hours of March 17, Carter was traveling on East 105th Street with a vehicle trailing behind her. An occupant in that car leaned out of a window and fired multiple shots at Carter's car using a gun with a laser sight.
Officers who had responded to Carter's mother's home minutes earlier for a report of a busted car window heard the shots. When Carter turned and fled down Garfield Avenue towards her mother's home, police opened fire on her vehicle, which struck a police cruiser and crashed.Police release bodycam of moments when officers shot at Antwoina Carter’s car Carter died from a gunshot wound that injured her heart, lungs and spine.
News 5 has requested more information from Cleveland Police and Cuyahoga County about whether any of the shots fired by officers hit Carter or her vehicle, but authorities haven't provided further details.
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