On November 24, 2022, at about 2:20 PM, Cleveland police responded to a home in the 3400 block of East 118th Street after reports of a male shot. Officers found 24-year-old Timothy James Lee, a Black male, with a gunshot wound. Emergency medical services were called, but Timothy succumbed to his injuries.

Timothy James Lee was born September 6, 1998, in Cleveland to Dorothea Patterson and William Lee. He attended Jane Addams High School and was active at Garden of Prayer Church of God in Christ, where he played drums and took part in youth programs. He is survived by his parents; sister Beatrice A. Fisher; nephew Stephen James Patterson; and nieces Shania Marie Patterson, Shianne Monae Patterson, and Sereniti Milan Patterson.

If anyone has information about the shooting, please come forward to assist investigators.