CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) – The Cleveland Division of Police launched a homicide investigation after a woman died in a shooting Friday, according to investigators.

CDP Sgt. Wilfredo Diaz says the shooting happened in the 2400 block of Central Avenue.

Diaz says EMS transported the victim to a local hospital where she died from her injuries.

The Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner’s Office identified the victim as Christie Bozman, of Cleveland.

The shooting remains under investigation.

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CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) – An Amazon driver shot and killed an alleged armed carjacker on the West Side Saturday afternoon.

Police are still on scene at West 48th Street and Franklin Blvd in Cleveland.

Police say the Amazon driver was in the area working just after 4 p.m. when he was approached by the suspect, who allegedly tried to carjack the Amazon worker at gunpoint.

Police say the suspect got behind the wheel and police believe the suspect then crashed the Amazon vehicle.

The Amazon worker shot the suspect at some point during the encounter.

The suspect was then pronounced dead on the scene.

W. 48th Street is closed in the area.

Police say this is just preliminary information and they are still investigating.

This is a developing story. Return to 19 News for updates.

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CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) – A Cleveland man has been arrested and charged for a deadly shooting in the city’s Mt. Pleasant neighborhood.

Charlie Cooper, 25, pleaded not guilty to aggravated murder at his arraignment Thursday morning.

He is currently being held in the Cuyahoga County Jail on $500,000 bond.

On the morning of April 17, officers responded to a shooting at the intersection of East 123rd St. and Imperial Ave.

They arrived to find 38-year-old Shannon Collins on the ground with multiple gunshot wounds.

According to investigators, Collins, who lived in Euclid, had been shot in his head, neck, and upper extremities.

Police records show he was pronounced dead at the scene at 11:21 a.m.

In addition to Cooper, a woman has also been charged in connection with Collins’ killing.

Nicole Meadows, 27, of Cleveland, was arrested on April 17 and charged with obstructing justice.

She was released from jail on a personal bond and her case has been bound over to a grand jury.

Cooper is currently on community control stemming from 2023 arrest in Westlake, according to court records.

On January 18, he pleaded guilty to drug possession, a fourth-degree felony, but Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court Judge Brian Mooney stayed the proceedings and did not find Cooper guilty.

Cooper was instead placed in the probation department’s “Intervention in Lieu of Conviction” program, which is “designed to meet the unique needs of low-level, nonviolent probationers with minimal prior criminal histories,” according to the court’s website.

He is scheduled to appear at a preliminary hearing on May 13.

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