Curtis Ivory Bobbitt Jr., known as CJ, was 22 when he was found fatally shot on February 27, 2023, in Cleveland’s Lee-Miles neighborhood. Officers found him slumped over inside an SUV parked near Lee Road and Cloverside Avenue; witnesses said an unidentified person shot him and then fled in another SUV. As of the posting date no suspect or getaway vehicle has been publicly identified and no arrests have been announced.

Born December 20, 2000, in Cleveland, CJ graduated from Maple Heights High School in 2020 and played on the school’s traveling basketball team. Family remembered him for his love of basketball, cutting hair, dressing stylishly, music, time outdoors, and his dog Sanman, and described him as caring toward grandparents and younger cousins. A public viewing was March 10, 2023, at House of Peace Funeral Home, followed by a Celebration of Life at Temple Baptist Church.

Anyone with information about this shooting is asked to contact Cleveland police detectives or Crime Stoppers of Cuyahoga County.