CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) – A Bedford man died after being shot in the city’s Detroit-Shoreway neighborhood early Sunday morning.

The Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner identified the victim as Raynell Clay, 31.

The medical examiner said Clay was brought to MetroHealth Medical Center from W. 54th Street by private vehicle around 1:30 a.m.

Clay was pronounced dead at the hospital from his injuries.

Cleveland police said their homicide detectives are investigating and there are no arrests.

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CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) – The Department of Justice announced the results of Operation Relentless Justice Tuesday, resulting in three sex abuse offenders from the Northern District of Ohio.

Operation Relentless Justice is a coordinated enforcement in an effort to identify, track and arrest child sex predators.

According to a press release by the United State Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio. 205 child victims were located and 293 child sex abuse offenders were arrested nationwide.

The three offenders from Northern Ohio arrested are:

• Jeremy J. Miller, 34, of Maple Heights, was charged with receipt and distribution of visual depictions of real minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct, possession of child pornography and obscene visual representations of the sexual abuse of children. One of the images involved a minor under age 12.
• Tevon J. Hunter, 30, of Lorain, was charged with receipt and distribution of visual depictions of real minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct, transportation of visual depictions of minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct.
• Anthony C. Hayes Jr., 44, of Maple Heights, was charged with receipt and distribution of visual depictions of real minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct and possession of child pornography. One of the images involved a minor under age 12.

The effort was executed over the course of two weeks by all 56 FBI offices, the Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section (CEOS) in the Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney’s offices across the nation, the release said.

“Protecting children from sexual predators is one of our office’s highest priorities. We will use all legal tools available to pursue, arrest, and aggressively prosecute anyone who seeks to exploit or harm a child,” said U.S. Attorney David M. Toepfer for the Northern District of Ohio. “We are grateful to the FBI Cleveland Division for their incredible work to find those who perpetuate these atrocious behaviors.”

The Department urges the public to remain vigilant and report suspected exploitation of a child through the FBI’s tipline at 1-800-CALL-FBI (225-5324), tips.fbi.gov, or by calling your local FBI field office at 216-522-1400.

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CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) – Life’s been good for Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Joe Walsh.

He left a local band, the Measles, and replaced guitarist Glenn Schwarts, who moved to California and joined Pacific Gas & Electric, in Cleveland trio The James Gang in 1968.

It didn’t take long for the music world to notice.

“Guys like Jimmy Page, Led Zepplin guitarist, were like, ‘Oh my God, who is this guy,’” said longtime friend and former manager David Spero. “Pete Townshend, of the Who, when he saw the James Gang, invited them to come and do their European tour.”

“He’s absolutely one of the greatest guitar players out there,” Spero added. “(And) he’s an amazing songwriter.”

But before fame and notoriety, Joe Walsh, born Joseph Fidler in Wichita, Kansas in 1947, came to Northeast Ohio to attend Kent State University.

“Joe became Joe Walsh in the Cleveland area,” Spero remembered. “Kent State, while they were playing, learning the game, coming up through the clubs, opening for this act or that act and then becoming a headliner, that all was drinking the Northeast Ohio water.”

He returned to Kent State for May Fourth commemorations and remains close to friends in the area, even after he joined seventies, Southern California supergroup, The Eagles, for their masterpiece, the “Hotel California” album.

“He’s a major part of the Eagles and if people go to see them live, that last half hour, forty minutes of the show is pretty much all Joe,” said Spero.

Joe Walsh was inducted into the Rock Hall with the Eagles in 1998 but friends, fans, and colleagues say there should be more nominations.

“Joe Walsh deserves to be like the Eric Claptons or Neil Youngs, a three-time guy,” said Spero.

“The James Gang as a power trio,” he said of other nominations for Walsh’s music like “Funk 49″ and “Walk Away.” “The stuff he has done as a solo artist has been huge, ‘Rocky Mountain Way,’ ‘Life’s Been Good.’”

Known as “Average Joe” and “The Clown Prince of Rock” for some of his antics, Walsh wild side is legendary.

“Joe had gone out and bought an electric glue gun and proceeded to take everything in his hotel room and glue it on the ceiling,” Spero remembered. “I think that bill was about $59000. So Joe was a bit crazy.”

But Spero says, at heart, Joe’s just a Northeast Ohio guy.

“When Joe looks back on things, he’s so fond of this area,” Spero reminisces. “Home is where the heart is, I think he would say Northeast Ohio.”

“He’s a good guy,” Spero concludes. “He has that Northeast Ohio mentality.”

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