Two local Cleveland rappers were shot dead in the driveway of a Shaker Heights home in the early hours of November 24, 2024. Police responded about 3:32 a.m. to reports of multiple gunshots in the 17000 block of Shaker Boulevard and found 24-year-old Nisiah Sanders, known as Nahzzy, and 30-year-old Myron Rainey, known as Press PlayMJ, deceased from gunshot wounds. Both had attended a party at the residence where the killings occurred.

In the days after the shooting a 39-year-old man living at the house was arrested on a first-degree misdemeanor criminal trespassing charge; court documents say he and a woman had been living there without a lease and the homeowner had filed eviction paperwork citing unpaid rent and repeated police calls for drug use, noise, and violent confrontations. No charges have been filed in the deaths, and investigators say there is no evidence of a third party being involved. The Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation and the Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner’s Office are assisting Shaker Heights police as the investigation continues.

Friends and family remembered Sanders as joyful and playful and Rainey for his vibrant spirit. Does anyone who attended the party or was in the area that night have information that could help resolve what happened?