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The person responsible for the street shootings will appear in court

The person responsible for the street shootings will appear in court

CLEVELAND — The first man accused of participating in those wild street shootings we’ve been telling you about will be arraigned in court Monday morning.

The South Euclid man faces more than a dozen charges for his role in multiple street shootings throughout September.

Jordan McDonald, 25, will be arraigned at 8:30 a.m. at the Justice Center.

The Cuyahoga County Prosecutor’s Office said McDonald is responsible for participating in seven different street takeovers throughout Cleveland in just two days.

The Cuyahoga County Prosecutor’s Office describes the nights of McDonald’s chaos, which began on September 28 at East 55th Street and Woodland Avenue.

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It then continued along Lee Road and Miles Avenue to East 105th Street and Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, where investigators said fireworks were being set off and gasoline was being poured on the road.

The same behavior continued, with hundreds of people following him the following night, September 29, spanning multiple Cleveland intersections.

“We are looking at all levels of prosecution, from felonies to misdemeanors, for those who are just observers or have a more passive role, but were still active participants in these takeovers,” said the police chief. Cleveland, Annie Todd. Department.

Cleveland police found McDonald’s gray 2023 Dodge Charger in videos of the burnouts and donuts in all seven incidents. Investigators later said McDonald threw away his license plate, got into physical altercations with his car and deleted his social media accounts. He was arrested on October 15. McDonald faces 23 charges, including aggravated riot, but police say more arrests are coming.

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