Officers from the Cuyahoga Metropolitan Housing Authority Police Department were in the Friendly Inn parking lot around 7 p.m. when they heard gunfire; their patrol vehicle was struck by gunfire while they were looking for the shooters. Bennett was found nearby with a gunshot wound to the head and did not survive.

Police detained a man at King Kennedy Estates on weapons while under disability charges after the shooting, but he has not been charged in Bennett’s homicide. Crime Stoppers is asking anyone with information to call 633-5464.

Did anyone in the area that evening see activity or vehicles that could help identify the shooter or shooters?