Just hours after Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Michael O'Malley announced during a news conference that local and federal law enforcement agencies were looking for a 17-year-old suspect wanted for multiple shootings and a homicide, the teen turned himself over to police at the Third District station.
O'Malley held a news conference Thursday afternoon to brief the public on the teen's actions and why Cleveland Police and the U.S. Marshals were looking for him.
"In my six years as your Cuyahoga County prosecutor, I've never had to have an event like this where we are seeking the public's help in finding an individual and particularly an individual, who in this case is a juvenile," O'Malley said.
According to the prosecutor, circumstances over the last two days "necessitated" the news conference "because of the danger this individual poses to our community and also because of the danger I believe he is in," O'Malley said.
The teen is a suspect in the shooting death of a 22-year-old man last month.
O'Malley called finding the teen an "emergency situation."
Police have released the suspect's identity even though he is a minor because they believed that he was armed and dangerous and that his life may have been in danger.
"We do not normally disseminate juvenile information, but we are absolutely concerned for the public's safety," O'Malley said.
The teen is charged with two counts of attempted murder and one count of aggravated murder. He has three active warrants out for his arrest.
The U.S. Marshals Service confirmed that Baker surrendered to the Northern Ohio Violent Fugitive Task Force and Cleveland Police Thursday afternoon.
The teen is involved in four active cases with law enforcement.
Authorities say that the teen stole a gun in March and bragged about it on social media. On Aug. 7, he shot a person three times in the abdomen. On Aug. 20, he shot another individual six times in the back. On Sept. 20, he and two others, a 15-year-old and an 18-year-old, shot at a person riding a bicycle, killing him; the entire incident was captured on surveillance camera footage. Police say an "assault weapon" was used in the killing. The 18-year-old has been located and arrested.
The teen was shot on Aug. 2 and went to a nearby hospital for treatment but left when police arrived.
Authorities said that while searching for him, they learned the 15-year-old involved in the homicide case alongside the teen had been shot and killed Wednesday night.
O'Malley said the investigation continues.
Editor's note: A typo in the push sent from News 5 listed the teen's incorrect age. He is 17 years old.
