Cleveland, OH
Crime task force members shoot and kill man in parking lot of Staples in Cleveland
CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) – The Cleveland Police Department is investigating an officer-involved shooting that occurred in the parking lot of Staples located at West 117th and Berea Road on Cleveland’s West Side.
According to Cleveland Police, around 4:30 p.m., officers assigned to a Homeland Security Investigations / Ohio Organized Crime Investigations Commission task force were conducting a drug investigation when they encountered a man who pulled a knife, prompting two officers to shoot him.
The suspect, a man in his 40s, was pronounced dead at the scene.
The two officers involved are employed by the Medina County Sheriff’s Office, according to Cleveland Police.
The Cleveland Division of Police Use of Force Investigation Team are leading the investigation.
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