Vasyl Shvets, a 27-year-old Ukrainian refugee who worked as a Lyft driver, was shot and killed in Cleveland in the early hours of February 10, 2026. He was found wounded in his vehicle after a crash in the 2400 block of East 84th Street at about 12:45 a.m., and was later pronounced dead at a local hospital. Shvets had come to the United States from Ukraine seeking a better life.

Investigators initially traced the ride request to a person in Arizona, but with help from the Phoenix Police Homicide Unit determined that individual was not involved in the shooting. The focus returned to Cleveland. On February 16, 2026, Cleveland Division of Police announced the arrest of two 17-year-old boys after search warrants on the city’s east side; two firearms were recovered. The juveniles’ identities have not been released and charges are pending.

If anyone has information about Shvets, the events on East 84th Street that night, or the persons taken into custody, please share what you know.