24-year-old man identified as suspect of Euclid officer’s murder

CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) – The Euclid Police Department identified the 24-year-old man suspected of killing one of their own in a shooting Saturday night.

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Euclid Police Cpt. Mitch Houser says the department identified the suspect as Deshawn Anthony Vaughn.

An statewide Ohio Blue Alert has been activated for Vaughn.

Ohio Blue Alerts are notifications intended to seek public assistance in the event of a police officer getting either critically injured or killed.

A jury in the Lake County Court of Common Pleas found Vaughn guilty of second-degree felonious assault in July of 2017. Vaughn received a four-year prison sentence following the conviction, with a credit of 270 days of time served.

Vaughn also pleaded guilty in the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas to reduced charges of receiving stolen property and having weapons under disability in October of 2021. The judge sentenced Vaughn to 263 days in prison following the conviction.

Euclid PD says Vaughn is 6 feet, 3 inches tall, weighs 215 pounds and has black hair and brown eyes.

Vaughn was last seen in a white Volkswagen Passat with Ohio license plate No. R947155. EPD says he is considered armed and ‘extremely dangerous’.

Anyone with information on his whereabouts is asked to contact the Euclid Police Detective Bureau at 216-289-8505 or the U.S. Marshal’s Service at 866-492-6833.

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