A late-night shooting in Cleveland left 31-year-old Raynell M. Clay of Bedford dead on December 21, 2025. Shortly after 1:30 a.m. Clay was driven by a private vehicle to MetroHealth Medical Center with gunshot wounds; he was pronounced dead at the hospital. The precise location where the shooting occurred has not been confirmed, though Clay was picked up from the West 54th Street area.

The Cleveland Police Department’s Homicide Unit is investigating. As of December 23, 2025, no arrests had been announced and investigators had not released information about suspects or a possible motive. Few details about the sequence of events are available at this time.

If anyone saw activity around West 54th Street that night or has information about who transported Clay to the hospital, please share what is known with Cleveland police.