Cleveland police announce arrest in quintuple homicide


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CLEVELAND (AP) — Cleveland police say they've arrested a suspect in a shooting last year that left five dead, including an unborn child.

Police would not provide any details on the male suspect's identity or his role in the Nov. 21 shooting at a home on Cleveland's east side.

Police Chief Calvin Williams says the suspect was arrested Wednesday and is being questioned by police and county prosecutors.

The victims were 41-year-old Sherita Johnson, Johnson's fetus, 60-year-old Lemon Bryant, 19-year-old Ja'rio Taylor and 17-year-old Shaylona Williams. Johnson was seven months pregnant.

Johnson's 9-year-old daughter was grazed by a bullet fired by a masked gunman after he emerged from the home where three of the victims were killed.

He then fired into a car, killing Johnson and her unborn child.

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