Charges pending against Garfield Heights man in fatal shooting of Lyft driver

CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) – Cleveland police have made an arrest after a Lyft driver was fatally shot Sunday.

Officers said charges are pending against the 20-year-old man from Garfield Heights. His name was not released.

Investigators are now working to determine if that same suspect is connected to the killing of a second Lyft driver just two days later.

Antoine Latham, 56, was shot in the head inside of his car late Sunday night while driving for Lyft.

The shooting happened just before 10 p.m. near East 103rd and Rosehill.

First responders initially thought they were responding to a car crash before discovering Latham suffering from a gunshot wound.

He was taken to the hospital, but later died.

Lyft said it permanently banned the rider and is helping police with the investigation.

Early Tuesday morning, officers found a 27-year-old driver shot in the torso and slumped over his steering wheel on East 84th Street.

According to the Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner, he was identified as Vasyl Shvets from Parma.

Cleveland police confirmed Shvets was also a driver for Lyft.

Cleveland police are investigating both homicides, but don’t believe the two shootings are related.

Below is a statement from Lyft following the second shooting:

Investigators said the only confirmed link between the cases is that both victims drove for Lyft.

Anyone with information is asked to call the police.

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