No arrests after 3 die in Warrensville Heights barber shop shooting

 

 

 

City officials in Warrensville Heights held a news conference Friday afternoon to discuss the city's latest rash of violence. 

In fact, the past few days in both Warrensville Heights and Maple Heights have been deadly. First, a murder in Maple Heights about 10 days ago, then a triple murder at the Chalk Linez barber shop on Harvard, Thursday night. That shooting could be related to the one in Maple Heights.

The Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner identified the victims as Walter Lee Barfield, 23, William Gonzalez, 32, and Brandon White, 31. The men are described as friends, and may have known the shooter. Gonzalez was the owner.

During Friday's press conference, Police Chief Wesley Haynes said the department believes the shooting stemmed from a prior incident.

An intriguing part of the story is that Gonzalez may have known the victim from the bar shooting in Maple Heights last weekend. He is Orlando Stevens, and had a barber connection in that he was a student at Flawless Barber Academy near Shaker Heights.

Instagram shows several connections, as well as a strong connection to high profile athletes. Several Cleveland Cavaliers are pictured getting haircuts, and some of the pictures appear to have been taken at the Cavs practice facility.

The shooting happened around 7:45 p.m. Thursday and came to police in a 911 call.

DISPATCHER: This is 911. What's your emergency. What's going on?

CALLER: (screams) My husband just got shot. Someone just opened fire.

CALLER: Can y'all please hurry up?

Others were injured during the incident, but officials report are recovering in stable condition. Barfield was pronounced dead at the scene. Gonzalez and White died at South Pointe Hospital.

On Friday, Darlece Gonzalez returned to the place where she had witnessed the murder, still covered in her husband's blood.

"I can still see the blood. I can still feel, see how the smoke coming out of his chest. He didn't deserve it. He didn't deserve it at all," she said.

Her message to the public is help the police.

"I just want somebody to speak up, please. It's not right," said Gonzalez.

R.I.P "OJ"

 

The Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner's Office confirms that 27-year-old Orlando "OJ" Stevens died after being transported from the R Bar & Lounge in Maple Heights early Saturday morning around 1 a.m.

Stevens was later pronounced dead at South Pointe Hospital.
Maple Heights Police and Special Agents from the Bureau of Criminal Investigation (BCI) have been on scene at the bar, which is located at 5120 Warrensville Center Road all morning.  The parking lot and the building have both been roped off as detectives search for answers.

Witnesses say that prior to the shooting an argument took place inside the bar between Stevens and another man.  They add that that unidentified man left after the verbal altercation.  A short time later Stevens was apparently shot outside the bar near a red vehicle believed to have belonged to him.

Stevens attended the Flawless Barber Academy where he had been a student since February 2014.  He was already starting to make a name for himself as a talented up and coming barber.  His clients and friends have taken to social media to express their disbelief and condolences.

Maple Heights Police have issued a picture of a person of interest. He is not listed as a suspect at this time.

If you have any information about the deadly shooting please contact Police at 216-664-1234, or call Crime Stoppers at 216-252-7463.

The Jacka killed in Oakland shooting

Rapper The Jacka has died after he was gunned down in Oakland, California on Monday night (02Feb15).The 37-year-old musician, real name Dominic Newton, was shot by an unidentified gunman and transported to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

No suspects had been identified as WENN went to press and a $20,000 reward has been offered for information leading to the arrest of the killer.

Tributes have flooded in from members of the hip-hop community including Nipsey Hussle and The Game, who wrote in a post on Twitter.com, "R.I.P. to my nigga The Jacka."

The Jacka started his music career in the late 1990s as a member of rap group Mob Figaz before launching a solo career in 2001. He later owned a label called The Artist Records.