Antwon Staton, a 31-year-old Cleveland man, was fatally shot outside the Convenience Food Mart on Dunham Road in Maple Heights on December 31, 2024. Officers responding to reports of gunfire around 6:30 p.m. found Staton wounded in the parking lot; he was taken to Cleveland Clinic Marymount Hospital and later died. The Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner identified him the following morning.

As of the latest updates, investigators have not confirmed the circumstances of the shooting and no suspects have been named. Friends, family, and colleagues remember Staton as a kind-hearted person whose death has deeply affected his community. Funeral services were scheduled at Liberty Hill Baptist Church in Cleveland, with interment at Cleveland Memorial Gardens.

Anyone with information is asked to contact the Maple Heights Police Department’s detective bureau.