EUCLID, Ohio — A 15-year-old suspect has been arrested in a shooting that killed another teenager and wounded four others near an Ohio high school campus
Police identified Sincere Rowdy, 17, as the teenager who died from his injuries.
Euclid police arrested the suspect, a 15-year-old boy, without incident on Saturday night. The suspect is in custody at the Cuyahoga County Juvenile Detention Center.
Police said the shootings occurred off campus at 10:15 p.m., about an hour after a Euclid High School football game, on Nicholas Avenue around East 222nd Street. They said in a press release that police had been in the area at the time of the shootings for crowd control after the game.
The victims are all boys ranging in age from 16- to 17-years-old. They were taken to local hospitals, and police said the four injured are expected to survive. Authorities said the names of the survivors would not be released.
“We ask that you keep all of the families and friends forever affected by this horrible tragedy in your thoughts and prayers,” police said in a statement.
The Euclid City School District said on a social media site that the victims included some Euclid students and some teenagers from other local schools. The post said Rowdy wasn’t enrolled in the city’s schools but “we mourn the loss of a young life and extend our deepest condolences to the family and community.”
Counselors are to be available at each school beginning Tuesday, officials said.
Anyone with information regarding the shooting is asked to contact the EPD Detective Bureau at 216-289-8505.
The Associated Press contributed to this article.