Rodney Jefferson, 28, was fatally shot on May 27, 2024, at about 8 a.m. at East 137th Street and Caine Avenue on Cleveland’s East Side. Emergency responders took him to University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, where he died. Police say Jefferson had been involved in an altercation with a woman at a nearby residence; the woman went upstairs and later reported hearing gunshots. The circumstances that led to the shooting remain under investigation.

No arrests have been announced and no suspects have been publicly identified. Jefferson’s death was one of two homicides during a violent Memorial Day weekend that also included a separate fatality downtown; both cases were unsolved as of the most recent reporting. Anyone with information is asked to contact the Cleveland Police Homicide Unit at (216) 623-5464.

Did anyone in the neighborhood see or hear anything that morning, or does anyone have information about the altercation near East 137th and Caine?