Cleveland, OH
Mentor trailer park shooting leaves 4 dead, including gunman, 1 injured
CLEVELAND, Ohio — Four people are dead, including the gunman, and one person was wounded in a shooting Thursday at a mobile home park in Mentor, police said.
Officers responded to Mentor Green Mobile Home Park before 5 p.m. for a report of shots fired, said Ante Logarusic, communications director for the City of Mentor.
Three people were killed and another person was wounded after a gunman shot them before barricading himself inside of a mobile home at the park on the 7100 block of Mentor Avenue (Ohio 20), near the border with Willoughby, Logarusic said.
Officers entered the residence hours later and discovered the gunman had died from a self-inflicted gunshot, Logarusic said.
Identities of the three people fatally shot and the suspect have not been released. The wounded person was taken to a local hospital and was listed in stable condition, Logarusic said.
Mentor Avenue from the Willoughby border to Ohio 306 was closed until about 11:15 p.m. as police and paramedics were on the scene. Willoughby police asked people to avoid the area.
A resident of the mobile home park said the residents there are age 55 and older. Another resident said the suspect, a man, lived across the street from her and barricaded himself in that residence. She said she believes he had been evicted.
“He just went crazy,” she said. “There are still people in (the park). Lots of people.”
Scott Skufka, 55, lives less than half-mile away from the mobile home park. He said he heard a gunshot, then a short pause, then five more gunshots at about 4:30 p.m.
“I knew immediately they were gunshots,” he said.
He said he was not afraid because he knew they were in the distance. He also said police responded quickly to the scene.
Some of the park’s residents were evacuated on a Laketran bus and in an ambulance to nearby Cleveland Plumbing Supply on Mentor Avenue before 8 p.m. Police said about 30 displaced residents will spend the night at the Mentor Senior Center while the investigation continues.
Larry Morrow, 79, who has lived at the mobile home park for 23 years, said he was at a bar in Willoughby when the standoff with police began. He said it is usually a very quiet community.
“I know a lot of people there,” he said. “I just hope (the victims) are not someone I know.”
Cleveland, OH
PHOTOS: Best of Week 12 at Browns
Pittsburgh Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin, Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Russell Wilson (3) and Pittsburgh Steelers defensive tackle Cameron Heyward (97) during a regular season game between the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Cleveland Browns, Thursday, Nov. 21, 2024 in Cleveland, OH. (Taylor Ollason / Pittsburgh Steelers)
Cleveland, OH
Thursday Night Football Open Thread: Pittsburgh Steelers at Cleveland Browns
Hello, good evening and welcome to week 12 of the NFL season.
Tonight, TNF travels to the rust belt for an AFC North matchup. The Pittsburgh Steelers travel west to the exotic realm of…Ohio to take on the Cleveland Browns
Here are the deets, as the cool kids say, about tonight’s game:
Who: Pittsburgh Steelers (8-2) at Cleveland Browns (2-8)
What: Thursday Night Football
Where: Huntington Bank Stadium, Cleveland, OH
When: Thursday November 21, 7:20 pm CDT
Why: Because you can watch Cleveland sit in their wrongness for embracing their longtime quarterback Deshaun Watson, who has played only for the Cleveland Browns
Channel: ABC, NBC (local markets only)
Streaming: Amazon Prime, NFL+ (subscriptions required)
And if you feel like making this game a little extra interesting, here are my picks for tonight’s game, from FanDuel.
Let’s Go Texans!
Cleveland, OH
Steelers fall to Browns, 24-19
Cleveland (3-8) overcame a couple of late turnovers by quarterback Jameis Winston to come away with their second upset win in recent weeks over an AFC North rival. The Browns defeated the Ravens here, 29-24, on Oct. 27.
“I’d like to compliment the Cleveland Browns,” said Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin. “They brought it tonight. It was a hard-fought game. They made more plays over the course of a 60-minute game. We’ve got to own our portions of it. Particularly early on, it took us too long to warm up to the action. We were penalized some with pre-snap penalties. We weren’t really sharp. We got going. Our guys fought. But it wasn’t enough to secure a victory.”
Winston completed 18 of 27 passes for 219 yards with an interception, while Chubb scored a pair of touchdowns while running for 59 yards on 20 carries.
Russell Wilson was 21 of 28 for 270 yards and a touchdown for the Steelers, who dropped to 1-5-1 in their past six trips to Cleveland and 0-4 on Thursday nights against the Browns on the road.
The Steelers had two promising drives to start the game but came away empty both times despite driving into Cleveland territory.
Wilson was sacked on third-and-3 at the Cleveland 32 by Garrett for an 8-yard loss. Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin chose to have Chris Boswell attempt a 58-yard field goal, but Boswell’s attempt went wide right to keep the game scoreless.
The Steelers forced a three-and-out and a Cleveland punt and again drove into Browns territory, this time getting to the 38 where they faced fourth-and-2. But Justin Fields, who entered in place of Wilson in the short-yardage situation, was stopped for a two-yard loss, turning the ball over on downs.
The Steelers finally did score on their third possession, as Wilson connected with Calvin Austin III on a 46-yard pass to set up a 48-yard field goal by Boswell and a 3-0 lead.
The Browns, who hadn’t had a first down to that point, answered with a touchdown drive, including converting on fourth-and-1 at the Pittsburgh 16.
“They made some of those fourth-and-shorts and we didn’t,” said Steelers defensive lineman Isaiaah Loudermilk. “We pride ourselves in stopping those kind of plays, and we just didn’t do it.”
Chubb then scored on a 2-yard run to give Cleveland a 7-3 lead with 4:00 remaining in the half.
Looking to get a score before the end of the half, Wilson attempted to step up in the pocket on second down at his own 32, but Garrett got a hand on the ball and knocked it loose. Winston Reid recovered the loose ball at the Pittsburgh 31.
That set up a 34-yard Dustin Hopkins field goal that pushed Cleveland’s lead to 10-3.
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