2nd man arrested in connection to Cleveland mass shooting

CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) – Cleveland Police have confirmed a second person has been arrested in connection to the July 9 mass shooting in Cleveland’s Warehouse District.

Cleveland Police Sgt. Jennifer Ciaccia confirmed an arrest warrant was issued June 15 for Kevin Raul Del Valle-Salaman, 24.

Lorain Police arrested Del Valle-Salaman on the same day, Ciaccia said.

Del Valle-Salaman is facing nine counts of complicity to commit murder, all first-degree felonies, according to Cleveland Municipal Court documents.

Cleveland Police on July 11, with assistance from U.S. Marshals, arrested 25-year-old Jaylon Jennings in Lorain for the shooting.

According to Jennings’ arrest warrant, he saw several of the victims inside Rumor Bar & Lounge and “purposely attempted to cause the death of nine individuals by intentionally retrieving a firearm.”

According to Del Valle-Salaman’s arrest warrant, he drove the Kia Sportage used to transport Jennings and a third man, who remains unknown, to a parking lot near W. 4th Street.

Cleveland Police said the trio then entered Rumor Bar & Lounge, where they saw a group of people leaving.

Jennings then got the gun, which police say was a 9 mm, from the trunk while Del Valle-Salaman and the third individual waited in the parking lot, the warrant says.

Del Valle-Salaman then drove Jennings and the unknown man away from the shooting location.

Cleveland City officials said nine people were injured in the shooting:

Del Valle-Salaman is currently in the Cuyahoga County Jail and will be arraigned in the Cleveland Municipal Court at 8:30 a.m. on July 17

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