Timothy Ray Russell, one of two unarmed Black victims gunned down and shot at 137 times by a group of White Cleveland police officers, is laid to rest

Timothy Ray Russell

By Kathy Wray Coleman, Publisher, Editor-n-Chief, Cleveland Urban News. Com and The Cleveland Urban News.Com Blog, Ohio's Most Read Online Black Newspaper(www.clevelandurbannews.com)

TWINSBURG,Ohio- Timothy Ray Russell, one of two unarmed Black victims gunned down a week and a half ago by a group of anxious White Cleveland police and shot at 137 times after a car chase from Cleveland that ended in tragedy in East Cleveland, was laid to rest on Saturday at the Sanctuary of Praise in Twinsburg, Oh, a Cleveland suburb.

Russell, 43, was driving the car that police say backfired in front of the Cuyahoga County Justice Center on Nov. 29, causing some 30 police cars to chase him and passenger Malissa Williams, 30, for more than 25 minutes until surrounding the car at Wymore and Terrace Avenues in East Cleveland and putting 137 bullets into it.

No gun or gun shell casings were found in or near the car, police said and police union leaders told reporters last week that what happen to Williams and Russell was "a good shooting."

Arrangements for Williams are pending and her family members were among those at the funeral services for Russell.

"We were there for support," said Walter Jackson, an uncle of Williams and a family spokesperson during a segment Sunday night on the Art McKoy University of Common Sense Show, which airs weekly on WERE AM 1490 NewsTalk Radio.

The unprecedented incident has outraged community activists, family members of the victims, and officials of the Cleveland NAACP, who are calling for an examination of police policies by the city of Cleveland on police chases and deadly  police force.

Reach Cleveland Urban News.Com by email at editor@clevelandurbannews.com and by phone at 216-659-0473.




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