A 16-year-old suspect arrested after a 14-year-old and a 3-year-old were shot and injured Thursday afternoon

Posted by Rose Giorza on July 25, 2011 Leave a comment (0) Go to comments

CLEVELAND — A 16-year-old suspect was arrested after a 14-year-old and a 3-year-old were shot and injured at the Outwaite Estates Thursday afternoon following a playground scuffle.

The suspected shooter got into a fight with the teenage boy about 3 p.m. at the estate’s playground near the 2500 block of East 49th Street, according to a news release from the Cuyahoga Metropolitan Housing Authority.

Police said he then shot the 14-year-old in the left foot and the toddler in the right buttock. They were taken by EMS to MetroHealth Medical Center. The suspect fled. He was arrested about three hours after the shooting.

CMHA police are still investigating. Anyone with information is asked to call Sgt. Ray Morgan at 216-319-1916 or Det. Bill Higginbotham at 216-780-1330.