Cleveland police and EMS were called to East 28th Street and Central Avenue shortly before 4 a.m. Saturday, where they found an unconscious man with a gunshot wound and rushed him to the nearest trauma center. The early morning scene remains under investigation, and the victim’s condition is still unknown.
Initial details were posted by The Cleveland, Ohio Remembrance Page, which reports that dispatchers received a call about a gunshot following a physical altercation in a parking lot on Central Avenue. The community post provided the first public account of the incident and did not identify any suspects. Reporters and neighbors shared the post online while authorities were still on scene.
Scene and response
According to the Facebook post, officers and EMS found “an unconscious man suffering from a gunshot wound” before transporting him to a trauma hospital. The post does not clarify whether the shooting directly stemmed from the reported altercation or whether anyone remained at the scene when first responders arrived. We have reached out to the Cleveland Division of Police for comment and will add any official response when it is released.
Local context
The intersection sits in Cleveland’s Central neighborhood, which has experienced a series of violent incidents in recent months and years. Local reporting has documented shootings along the East 28th corridor, including a deadly case at East 28th and Cedar, and multiple overnight shootings that left people critically injured, as reported by 19 News (WOIO). Those reports point to a pattern of late-night violence that repeatedly draws police response and community concern.
Investigation
The Cleveland Division of Police had not posted an immediate press release about this incident on its public press page as of this publication. Anyone with information is asked to contact the Division’s Homicide Unit at (216) 623-5464, per the department’s press pages, as per Cleveland Division of Police. Officials are expected to release more details as detectives process the scene and interview witnesses…