A large, chaotic car meetup near the Shoppes at Buckeye by East 115th Street and Buckeye Road in Cleveland erupted in gunfire in the predawn hours of Saturday, July 5, 2025. ShotSpotter alerts and 911 calls brought officers to the scene at about 4:15 a.m.; as they began clearing the crowd they found a 22-year-old man with multiple gunshot wounds and later several others aged 18 to 21 arrived at hospitals injured. Investigators recovered shell casings from various-caliber weapons, two guns hidden in nearby bushes, and towed a vehicle from a hospital that contained additional firearms.

Scott Hawkins Jr., 22, succumbed to his wounds on July 9, 2025. Officials said the investigation remained active and that no arrests had been announced; police had not publicly identified a suspect or described a motive.

If anyone was at the Buckeye Plaza meetup or has information about the shooting, please come forward to help investigators piece together who fired the shots that killed Scott Hawkins Jr.