Omar Crosby, a 40-year-old man from Cleveland, was shot in the chest and killed during a struggle on November 14, 2020. The shooting occurred when James Jackson, 31, allegedly forced his way into an apartment in the 1500 block of Ansel Road. Another man in the apartment was also shot but survived; he was taken to a nearby hospital with a head laceration. Crosby was pronounced dead at the scene.

The Northern Ohio Violent Fugitive Task Force arrested Jackson on December 2, 2020, at a residence in Cleveland’s Fleet neighborhood, where a handgun was recovered. Jackson was later indicted on counts that included murder, felonious assault, and having weapons while under disability, and State v. Jackson proceeded to a bench trial with convictions on all counts. The incident was one of several homicides Cleveland police were addressing during a local rise in violent crime.

Did anyone in the neighborhood or who knew Omar Crosby see or hear anything the night of November 14, 2020?