CLEVELAND — Terrell Silver will spend the rest of his life behind bars for the shooting deaths of four people in 2019 in Cleveland, including a woman who was five-and-a-half-months pregnant. Silver will not be eligible for parole.
Judge Ashley Kilbane sentenced Silver Monday morning in the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas.
During the sentencing, Tammy Quitman, the mother of one of the victims, addressed the court, telling Silver that he had "destroyed four families and five lives."
Silver's trial started earlier this month.
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Silver had been found guilty on the following charges:
- Seven counts of aggravated murder
- Four counts of murder
- Five counts of felonious assault
- One count of attempted murder
- One count of aggravated burglary
- Two counts of having weapons under disability
The killings happened between Sept. 7, 2019, and Sept. 21, 2019.
According to the Cuyahoga County Prosecutor's Office, Silver fatally shot Jazmyne Lawson, 18; Aiyanna Quitman, 19; Dejuan Damar Willis, 20; and Christopher Monroe, 23, while they were lying on two mattresses inside a home near East 144th Street and Kinsman Road. After killing them, Silver left the scene. Police found their decomposed bodies on Sept. 21, 2019.
Silver was linked to the crime through DNA and gun evidence and was indicted in April 2023.
“Terrell Silver is a convicted mass murderer. He is the worst of the worst,” said Prosecutor Michael C. O’Malley. “His victims’ families finally have some of the answers they need to try to understand this horrific event. Ultimately, justice for this mass murderer awaits him in prison, hell, or both.”
