Jaylen Monte Price, 21, a Black/African American male from Cleveland, was killed in the early morning hours of July 5, 2025, after gunfire tore through a large gathering at the Shoppes at Buckeye. Police were called around 4:15 a.m. to East 115th Street and Buckeye Road and arrived to find a sprawling scene with crowds and cars dispersing. As officers cleared the area, they discovered a man—later memorialized as Jaylen Monte Price—who had been shot and was pronounced dead at the scene.
At least five other victims between the ages of 18 and 21 reached area hospitals by private vehicles. Detectives recovered shell casings from multiple firearms, found two guns discarded in nearby bushes, and towed a vehicle from a hospital that contained several additional firearms. The crime scene stretched for blocks, underscoring the chaos of the confrontation.
The shooting unfolded during a night of heavy police activity across Cleveland tied to holiday-weekend crowds and fireworks, with the department logging hundreds of calls and multiple violent incidents on the city’s East Side. Community accounts in the days that followed described a car meet-up that spiraled into arguments and then a burst of gunfire, prompting renewed calls from residents for action to curb violence in the Buckeye neighborhood.
Loved ones later honored Jaylen Monte Price with services in Cleveland and Bedford Heights. An online obituary records his dates as November 4, 2003–July 5, 2025, and places his visitation and funeral in mid-July, reflecting a community rallying around his memory. Memorial sites likewise list his name and age among those lost to gun violence in Cleveland on that date.
In the immediate aftermath, police reported that the investigation was ongoing, and early coverage did not announce arrests or identify suspects. Public incident trackers tied to the case note the location at 11501 Buckeye Road and the six known victims, but likewise do not reflect any arrests. No subsequent local reporting has indicated that a suspect has been publicly named or charged in connection with the killing of Jaylen Monte Price.
