Crime & Safety
18-Year-Old Shot To Death Outside Cleveland Hotel
Police said the teenager was found inside a crashed Jeep Liberty. He had been shot multiple times in the head and body.
CLEVELAND — An 18-year-old was found shot to death outside a hotel in Cleveland on Saturday morning. Police said the teenager's body was found in a Jeep that had crashed into a pole outside the Residence Inn on Prospect Avenue.
The 18-year-old had been shot multiple times in his head and body, Cleveland police said. Officers gave the teenager first aid until he was rushed to MetroHealth Medical Center by EMS.
The 18-year-old was pronounced dead at the hospital, police said.
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Investigators learned the 18-year-old had been at a party at the Residence Inn. He left with a group of other men. A fight broke out with another group of men and gunfire was possibly exchanged, police said.
The 18-year-old and the other men got into a Jeep Liberty, which then crashed into a pole.
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Narcotics and a gun were found near the scene of the crash, police said.
No arrests have been made. Members of the Cleveland police homicide unit and the Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner's Office are investigating the killing.
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