CLEVELAND, OH. (THECOUNT) — Shavonne Willis has been identified as the woman shot to death last month in Cleveland, Ohio. At that time, the suspect was described as a male in his 30s.
Willis, 30, suffered multiple gunshot wounds in the 3200 block of East 121st Street, in Cleveland, OH, last month, according to authorities.
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At the time, police described the shooter as a “male in his 30s who was wearing a hoodie.”
But now, nearly a month later, a 10-year-old Ohio boy, said to be the victim’s stepson, was arrested over the fatal shooting.
Police said Friday that the 10-year-old admitted the crime to his father who then brought him to the Cleveland homicide unit.
The shooting happened at around 3:45 p.m. Sept. 26. Officers were called to reports of shots fired and a female shot. Willis was taken to a University Hospitals in Cleveland where she died, police said. The 10-year-old stepson was also at the scene and was not hurt. source
He was placed under arrest and taken to the Cuyahoga County Juvenile Detention Center.