Shaker Heights Schools Close After Student Fatally Shot

Shaker Heights High School and Middle School are closed today after a 17-year-old student was shot and killed in Cleveland’s Buckeye-Shaker neighborhood.

Cleveland police say officers were patrolling the area near Shaker Square when they heard gunshots. They found the teenager outside an apartment complex with a gunshot wound.

Officers immediately attempted lifesaving measures, but the boy died at the scene.

Shaker Heights Superintendent David Glasner said in a statement that he was deeply saddened by the loss and grateful for the way students, families and staff support one another.