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Police, Ohio BCI investigating East Cleveland homicide

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Posted at 9:41 AM, May 08, 2021
and last updated 2021-05-08 19:47:28-04

EAST CLEVELAND — The East Cleveland Police Department is investigating the death of a man Saturday morning.

It happened in the 13000 block of Forest Hills Avenue just after 5 a.m.

Police responded to the scene for a report of an unresponsive man down.

The man was pronounced dead at the scene, police said.

According to the Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner's Office, the man has been identified as Deshaun Harrison, 34, of East Cleveland.

The Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation is assisting East Cleveland police with the investigation, police said.

Anyone with information about the matter is asked to call East Cleveland police detectives at 216-681-2162.

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