Police killings
2013-2020

Desmond Franklin

Male, Black

Date of the incident: 4/9/2020

Cleveland, Cuyahoga, OH
W 25th St & Archwood Ave.

At about 2 p.m., an off-duty Cleveland officer saw a man and boy possibly committing an unspecified crime. One of the two reportedly showed a weapon and the officer shot into their moving vehicle. The 24-year-old driver then crashed into a fence outside of Riverside Cemetery, fatally wounded, and the passenger fled on foot. The boy was arrested.