Cleveland brothers claim self-defense in fatal shooting of 10-year-old girl

CLEVELAND, Ohio – Attorneys for two Cleveland men accused of fatally shooting 10-year-old Gracie Griffin argued Tuesday that she was shot as the men fired in self-defense at a passing vehicle.

Cuyahoga County prosecutors said the men wildly overreacted to a threat that didn’t exist and sprayed bullets at their own friends who were arriving to their Fourth of July family gathering last year.

Half-brothers Juwone Deaver, 29, and Jemerious Davis, 24, were indicted by a county grand jury following Gracie’s death and charged with murder, felonious assault and other offenses in connection with the West Side shooting…

Story continues

TRENDING NOW

LATEST LOCAL NEWS