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Police investigating after 19-year-old found shot inside vehicle in Cleveland's West Boulevard neighborhood

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Posted at 3:10 PM, Nov 23, 2020
and last updated 2020-11-23 15:11:01-05

CLEVELAND — Cleveland police are investigating after a 19-year-old was shot and killed Friday while in the driver’s seat of a car in the area of West 91st Street and Denison Avenue.

Police responded Friday at around 9:50 p.m. to the area of West 91st Street and Denison Avenue.

The victim, William Lane, 19, of Cleveland, was found in the driver’s seat of a car parked at a Convenient Food Mart parking lot. Lane was taken to MetroHealth Medical Health Center where he was pronounced dead.

A second victim, identified as a 16-year-old boy, was found on the ground with a gunshot wound to the hip. He was transported to MetroHealth Medical Center for surgery. His condition is unknown.

Preliminary information indicated that the shooting is possibly drug-related.

Police said the suspected shooters are three unidentified males.