A 38-year-old Maple Heights man pleaded not guilty this week to aggravated murder and related charges in the July 2025 shooting death of 32-year-old Cleveland resident Jesse Anderson, whose body was found near a restaurant parking lot on the city’s West Side. Jerome Henderson entered his plea in Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court, more than a year after Anderson was killed and roughly two weeks after his arrest.
According to Cleveland.com, a Cuyahoga County grand jury returned the indictment against Henderson the week before September 15, charging him with aggravated murder, murder, felonious assault and having weapons while under disability. Henderson was arrested on September 1, 2026, and was assigned defense attorneys Mary Jo Tipping and Scott Ramsey to represent him in the case.
Anderson suffered a fatal gunshot wound to the head and was pronounced dead in the pre-dawn hours of July 26, 2025, near a restaurant parking lot in the 2200 block of Broadview Road, according to CrimeSolversCentral. The area falls within the Cleveland Division of Police’s Second District, as reported by Plain Press.
A Cold Case Stretches Past a Year
Henderson’s indictment came more than 13 months after the shooting. The time between Anderson’s death and Henderson’s arrest last month was more than a year, per the crime-tracking site’s reporting…