CLEVELAND — One teen was killed and another was injured after a shooting that took place in Cleveland Thursday afternoon, according to Cleveland Public Information Officer Wilfredo Diaz.
Just before 7 p.m., the Cleveland Police Third District received a call about shots that were fired near the 2500 block of East 49th Street, Diaz said.
The shooting happened inside a townhouse that was not rented out.
Officers responded to the scene and were met with teen boys— one about 15 years old and the other about 16 years old— who were both injured by gunshots, Diaz said.
Ward 5 councilman Richard A. Starr confirmed that 16-year-old Dyshaun T. Atkins died from his injuries. Both teens were taken to the hospital.
Starr says Atkins was a football player and a resident of the Garden Valley neighborhood.
Diaz said the Cleveland Police Homicide Unit is actively investigating and working to learn more information.
Police ask anyone with information to call their homicide unit at 216-623-5464 or report anonymously to Crime Stoppers at 216-252-7463.
