A Sunday shooting outside a gas station at East 131st Street and Harvard Avenue in Cleveland left at least one man in critical condition, according to social media posts and dispatch audio circulating online. Video from the scene shows police and emergency personnel flooding the parking lot, which was later marked off with evidence flags as officers worked the case. Neighbors shared clips of the response and described heavy police activity.
The incident was highlighted in a reel posted by the Cleveland, Ohio Remembrance Page on Facebook, which includes what appears to be scanner audio along with video from the lot. Both the post and the dispatch recording say an argument among a group of men spiraled into gunfire and that multiple people were wounded. According to the same reel, one man was reported to be in critical condition.
Scanner And Witness Accounts
Scanner audio included in the reel states that one victim “suffered five gunshot wounds to the back” and that medics arranged a life flight to MetroHealth for one man, while another wounded person was taken by private vehicle to South Pointe Hospital, according to the posted dispatch recording. The same recording describes the violence as breaking out after an argument among a group of males outside the store. Video in the post shows evidence markers and bystanders speaking with officers at the scene, according to the Cleveland, Ohio Remembrance Page.
Intersection’s History Of Violence
East 131st and Harvard has already seen its share of gunfire in recent years. WOIO reported a December 2024 homicide at a Sunoco station at the same intersection that left a man dead. Local outlets have tracked several overnight shootings and nonfatal incidents along the corridor in recent months, underscoring persistent safety concerns for the Union Miles neighborhood. News 5 Cleveland has also reported on recent incidents in the area.
Investigation And How To Help
Cleveland police are investigating the shooting, and detectives had not announced any arrests as of Sunday afternoon. Officials are asking anyone with information to contact the Cleveland Division of Police Homicide Unit at (216) 623-5464 or Crime Stoppers at (216) 252-7463, according to the department’s published contact list on the City of Cleveland website…