Jermaine Taylor, 31, was shot on the afternoon of Sunday, November 3, 2024, in the 4000 block of Okalona Road in South Euclid, Ohio. Known to friends and family as Kwame and Poonie, he was a father and a rapper described as ambitious, giving, bold and caring, with a goofy, funny personality and a love for kids. Officers arrived about 12:33 p.m. and found Taylor with a single gunshot wound to the chest; he was taken to a local hospital in critical condition and died later that day.

The Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner’s Office classified the death as a suspected homicide. Police arrested a 30-year-old man from Cleveland at the scene and recovered a firearm; the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation assisted South Euclid police. Charges had not been filed while the investigation continued and the case remained under active investigation in November 2024.

Does anyone who knew Jermaine, his nicknames Kwame or Poonie, or his music have information that could help investigators?