The Maple Heights Police Department is investigating a fatal shooting that happened early Tuesday morning.
According to authorities, officers were handling a complaint near Clare Avenue and Warrensville Center Road around 7 a.m. when several people told them they heard gunshots nearby and saw two people running from the scene.
One person was described as an older man wearing a gray hoodie and black pants. The other may be a woman who was wearing blue jeans and a black jacket that may have had a hood, authorities said.
Both people are considered persons of interest in the case, police said. You can see a photograph of them below.
Officers searched the area and Antonio Brown, 52, in the 20100 block of Clare Avenue who had been shot, authorities said. Brown was transported to a nearby hospital, where he later died.
A preliminary investigation of the shooting indicates the victim may have been involved in a fight at a gas station near Maple Heights Boulevard and Warrensville Center Road before being shot.
Anyone with information about the shooting or the identities of the two people pictured above is asked to call the police at 216-587-9624 or email detectives@mhpd-ohio.com. You can also call CrimeStoppers at 216-25-CRIME.
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