Damonte K. Perry, age 20, was shot in the late afternoon of September 15, 2025, in the 1300 block of Fox Run Drive at The Hamlets apartments in Willoughby, Ohio. Officers arrived around 3:55 p.m. and found the 20-year-old man with gunshot wounds; he was first taken to University Hospitals Lake West Medical Center and then airlifted to University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center. Damonte K. Perry, age 20, died there on September 18, 2025, three days after the attack.
Investigators said one male suspect was detained the evening of the shooting, and as the case developed, four additional suspects were identified and arrested, bringing the total to five. Police reported that three are adults and two are juvenile males. The case remained active as detectives continued to piece together what unfolded outside the apartment complex that afternoon.
Authorities charged three adult men in connection with the killing of Damonte K. Perry, age 20: Vance Triplett, 22, of Willoughby; Antoine Graves, 18, of Willoughby; and Shamar Steele, 20, of Cleveland Heights. According to police and court listings reported by local media, the charges include complicity to aggravated robbery, improperly handling firearms in a motor vehicle, carrying concealed weapons, improperly furnishing a firearm to a minor and receiving stolen property. Triplett and Graves were held without bond; Steele's bond was set at $250,000 cash/surety, with preliminary hearings noted for September 25 in Willoughby Municipal Court. Damonte K. Perry, age 20, was also identified publicly by the medical examiner and memorialized in regional victim records, confirming his death following the Fox Run Drive shooting.
Police said the two juvenile suspects' names and charges were not released due to their age, and they emphasized that additional charges could be filed as the investigation proceeds. Damonte K. Perry, age 20, remained the sole named victim, and authorities asked anyone with information or footage from the area to contact Willoughby detectives as they continued to reconstruct the sequence of events leading to the fatal gunfire.
