On October 7, 2023, 21-year-old Joshua Lamar Cunningham and his 22-year-old brother Dominic were fatally shot in the parking lot of A Touch of Italy restaurant in Bedford Heights, Ohio. The shooting followed an altercation that began inside the restaurant, continued outside and ended in gunfire. Both brothers were taken to a local hospital, where they died of their injuries.

Bedford Heights police identified a person of interest early in the investigation and released surveillance footage seeking help. On December 5, 2023, 29-year-old Shawntell Ellis was arrested at a residence on Cedar Avenue in Cleveland Heights by the Northern Ohio Violent Fugitive Task Force; two firearms were recovered. During the same arrest, 33-year-old Eric Harris was also detained; he was wanted in an unrelated East Cleveland homicide. Ellis was charged in the deaths of Joshua and Dominic Cunningham, arraigned and held on $1 million bond, with a pre-trial hearing set for December 20, 2023.

If anyone was at A Touch of Italy that night or has information about the events leading up to the shooting, please come forward.