CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - Two armed suspects - still in their teens - trying to escape a traffic stop led to an officer-involved shooting near campus, triggering Case Western Reserve University to issue a shelter-in-place notice on Wednesday evening.
19 News learned one of them has a lengthy criminal history dating back to when he was just 15 years old.
The Ohio State Highway Patrol identified those two suspects as 18-year-old Leon Terrell and 19-year-old Noreonna Echols.
19 News has not found a criminal history record for Echols.
OSHP said the ordeal started when the suspects refused to pull over and tried to escape from a traffic stop on Woodland Avenue in downtown Cleveland.
A tire deflation device was deployed on the Kia without a license plate soon after, which OSHP said led to tw