Father arrested after 22-year-old daughter shot, killed in East Cleveland

EAST CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - The Cuyahoga County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the death of a woman that occurred in East Cleveland early Sunday morning.

According to a release, at approximately 1:15 a.m., while working in the city of East Cleveland, deputies responded to the 1200 block of 134th Street for a report of a woman shot.

Preliminary information indicates that a man, the suspect and father, had called the East Cleveland Police Department and stated that he had shot his daughter.

Deputies responded to the address along with members of the East Cleveland Police Department, the release said.

When officers arrived at the home, they discovered the 22-year-old woman in a bedroom with a gunshot wound.

She was pronounced deceased on scene, and the father was not in the home.

Authorities identified her as Kayla Nicole Wells.

Deputies said members of the CCSD Major Crimes Detective Bureau responded to the scene for investigation.

The CCSD Community Services Unit LAO worked to locate the father, and deputies later found him in a vehicle on the west side of Cleveland.

Deputies conducted a traffic stop and arrested him without incident.

The release says the incident is still under investigation, and the Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner’s Office is determining the final cause of death.

No additional information is available at this time.

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