Cleveland Police Officer Fatally Shot While Serving Warrant on July 4

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By NTD Newsroom
July 7, 2024US News
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Cleveland Police Officer Fatally Shot While Serving Warrant on July 4
A police car in Cleveland, Ohio, in September 2021. (Google Maps/Screenshot via NTD)

A police officer serving a warrant in Cleveland was killed in a shooting on the Fourth of July.

The police officer killed in Cleveland was identified as Jamieson Ritter.

The 27-year-old officer was part of a team dispatched to serve a man a warrant for felonious assault around 1 a.m., police Chief Dorothy Todd said, according to local news outlets.

That man was seen fleeing the home and allegedly fired a gun multiple times, striking the officer, according to Mr. Todd.

The suspect was identified as 24-year-old De’Lawnte Hardy. He was arrested and charged with aggravated murder.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.