On December 9, 2024, at about 5:30 p.m., Cleveland police found 54-year-old Harry Lee Tray Gist III suffering from a gunshot wound near West 28th Street and Detroit Avenue in the Ohio City neighborhood. Emergency Medical Services treated him at the scene and transported him to a hospital, where he was later pronounced dead. Preliminary information says Gist and an unidentified person were involved in a physical altercation that escalated and resulted in the shooting. No arrests have been announced and the Cleveland Division of Police Homicide Unit is investigating.

Gist, born December 1, 1970, in Cleveland, is survived by his mother Virginia Gin; children Monique N. Knight and Tre’ Gin Gist; brother Isaac A. Ike Gist; and grandson Levi C. Cruz, among others. A Homegoing Service was held December 29, 2024, at Slone & Co. Life Celebration Center in Cleveland. The community remains concerned and authorities ask anyone with information to contact the homicide unit.

Did anyone in the Ohio City area see activity near West 28th and Detroit Avenue that evening or know anything about this confrontation?