Canton shooting suspect arrested by deputies in neighboring county

CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) – Canton police mentioned a suspect is in custody for a capturing that occurred Wednesday evening simply earlier than 11 p.m. at a fifteenth Avenue NW condo advanced.

Officers discovered the unresponsive sufferer, recognized by police as 23-year-old Canton resident Jadean Matthew Weatherford, close to the constructing’s carport yard with a number of gunshot wounds to his decrease physique.

Paramedics took Weatherford to Cleveland Clinic Mercy Hospital with life-threatening accidents, in accordance with Canton police.

Through the investigation, detectives from the Canton Police Division have been in a position to determine a suspect.

An arrest warrant was obtained for Corey Thompson, of Malvern.

The 37-year-old suspect was finally situated and arrested by deputies with the Carroll County Sheriff’s Workplace.

Thompson is charged with felonious assault and having weapons underneath incapacity, police mentioned.

Anybody with extra details about the capturing can name Canton police detectives at 330-489-3144.

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