Malachia Perez Stewart III, 35, was killed in a shooting on July 14, 2018, on Interstate 90 at the West 117th Street exit ramp in Cleveland. Stewart III and another man, Andre Williams, were sitting in a car when both suffered gunshot wounds to the head and body. A 24-year-old woman stopped at the off-ramp was grazed in the stomach by a bullet.

Authorities identified Gianni A. Gray as a suspect and issued an arrest warrant charging him with aggravated murder. Gray had previous convictions for carrying concealed weapons, having weapons under disability and drug trafficking, served a five-year sentence beginning in 2009, and was under parole supervision at the time of the shooting. He evaded capture for nearly two years before being located and arrested at a Cleveland residence near 121st Street and Union Avenue; officers recovered three firearms, including a machine gun. An associate, Rodney Blane Harper, was taken into custody for parole violations.

The Cleveland Homicide Unit is continuing the investigation and asks anyone with information to come forward.