An old friend of mine who I grew up with was shot in the head and killed on Saturday night. He was found slumped over the steering wheel of a minivan on Sunday morning.
This happened on the corner of East 131st St and Edgewood in Cleveland. If you use google street view you'll see an empty lot next to the red brick building on the corner. The minivan was parked in front of this lot.
This is a horrible area. Basically it's all drugs and run by gangs. A white guy on that street is either getting robbed, beat up or shot, especially at night. I have no doubt my friend was there to buy drugs.
The killer is at large. There are no witnesses and people in the area are obviously not talking. I'm not sure if the cops have any leads.
Supposedly this case is going to be covered by First 48, some show on A&E about homicides (I've never seen it). When first responders arrived on the scene people from First 48 were already there. I'm hopeful that if this case is featured on the show Cleveland's homicide detectives will actually work to solve it.
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