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2 eliminated in Garfield Heights shooting


2 eliminated in Garfield Heights shooting


GARFIELD HEIGHTS, Ohio - - City cops are investigating a double shooting reported Tuesday evening along Valley Lane Drive.

Garfield Heights Police Department officers responded to a report that 10 gunshots were fired at an apartment building in the 12000 block of Valley Lane Drive at about 6 p.m. Tuesday, according to a Facebook post from the department.

Officers came to the scene to find 2 unresponsive males in a car park.

Among the males was discovered on the ground and pronounced dead at the scene by EMS employees. The Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner's Office recognized the guy as 23-year-old Rayshawn Akins Smith of Garfield Heights.

The other guy was transferred to a regional hospital, where he later on passed away. He was recognized as 26-year-old Walter R. Jackson of Cleveland.

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Garfield Heights investigators were assisted at the scene by agents from the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation.

Anyone with information on the shooting is asked to get in touch with investigators at 216-475-5840.

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