Man Shot Attempting To Flee Robbers, Police Say
POSTED: 2:02 pm EDT September 3,
2008
UPDATED: 2:16 pm EDT September 3,
2008
CLEVELAND -- A 20-year-old man was shot in the back shoulder area and taken to MetroHealth Medical Center Tuesday night.Police said the shooting was in connection with an aggravated robbery and aggravated burglary at a home in the 2000 block of Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard in Cleveland.Rayshawn Armstrong was treated at MetroHealth. No condition is known.When responding, police said they were flagged down by two teens who were bleeding from the head and face. They told officers that they had been jumped by a group of six men wearing hoodies of various colors. They could not provide a more detailed description.The two boys, both 17, said that their wallets and cell phones were taken. Armstrong attempted to flee the scene and was shot. He was the only person shot in the incident.A neighbor told police that the men or teens involved in robbing the teens also burglarized a home.The mother of one of the victims told police that she was also shot at when she came out on her porch to yell at the men wearing the hoodies.No arrests have been made.
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