Charles Roscoe, 82, male, a Black/African American resident of the Cleveland area, was fatally shot on the night of August 7, 2025, in East Cleveland during a domestic dispute that erupted inside a home near the intersection of Taylor Road and Terrace Road. Police were called to the residence around 11 p.m.; inside, officers found 22-year-old Erik Sharp deceased and found Charles Roscoe suffering from gunshot wounds.
Emergency medical crews transported Charles Roscoe to a nearby hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
Investigators quickly identified a suspect: 24-year-old Aaron Sharp, a relative of the victims. As officers moved outside the home to locate him, the suspect opened fire, wounding two East Cleveland police officers—Officer Joshua Durda and Officer Brandon Hernandez—before fleeing on foot. An overnight search followed, drawing in multiple agencies. By the morning of August 8, U.S. Marshals arrested Aaron Sharp near Shaw High School in East Cleveland.
Authorities publicly named the victims on August 11, confirming that the men killed were 82-year-old Charles Roscoe and 22-year-old Erik Sharp. In an initial court appearance, a judge set the suspect’s bond at $3 million, and prosecutors charged him with two counts of aggravated murder and two counts of felonious assault tied to the shootings that killed the two family members and injured the officers.
Further developments came on August 19, when a Cuyahoga County grand jury indicted Aaron Sharp on a slate of counts, including aggravated murder, murder, attempted aggravated murder, felonious assault, and tampering with evidence. Prosecutors allege he killed his grandfather, Charles Roscoe, 82, and his brother, Erik Sharp, 22, and shot the two officers during the attack. The indictment formalized the case against him and set the stage for proceedings at the Cuyahoga County Justice Center.
Public memorial notices and gun-violence records later marked the date of August 7, 2025, as the day Charles Roscoe, 82, lost his life to gunfire in the Cleveland area, underscoring the grief felt by family, neighbors, and a city shaken by a night of violence that began as a family dispute.
