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16-year-old boy driving 'possibly stolen' Jeep in Cleveland fatally shot; 21-year-old suspect in custody

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A 16-year-old boy was shot and killed in Cleveland early Saturday morning, and police have arrested a 21-year-old man in connection with his death.

According to the Cleveland Division of Police, it happened just before 3 a.m. in the 6500 block of Clark Avenue on the border of the city's Stockyards and Detroit-Shoreway neighborhoods.

Officers responded to the scene and found the teen dead on the street near a Jeep. Authorities said the 16-year-old was driving the Jeep "and that vehicle was possibly stolen" when the shooting occurred.

Police haven't named the 21-year-old suspect or the charges he is facing.

No further information has been released.

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