Lavell Scales, 55, a male from Cleveland, was shot on the evening of June 20, 2025, along the 1300 block of East 117th Street in the city's Forest Hills area. Responding officers found two men wounded; both were rushed to University Hospitals' main campus, where Lavell Scales, 55, was pronounced dead from his injuries. The other victim, identified as Edward Walker, 55, suffered a gunshot wound to the abdomen that authorities described as non-life-threatening.
In the days that followed, the shooting scene—spanning a stretch of East 117th—lingered in the community's memory as neighbors recounted the chaos and the quick arrival of first responders. Public records and memorial notices fixed the date, the name, and the age in the public record, marking the loss of Lavell Scales, 55, and inviting condolences as the investigation moved forward.
Detectives identified a suspect and secured warrants for aggravated murder and felonious assault. On September 12, 2025, nearly three months after the killing of Lavell Scales, 55, members of the U.S. Marshals Service's Northern Ohio Violent Fugitive Task Force arrested Verdine Glover, 43, at an apartment in the 1800 block of Lakeview Road in East Cleveland. Authorities said Glover was wanted by the Cleveland Division of Police in connection with the June 20 shooting that killed Lavell Scales, 55, and wounded Edward Walker, 55.
Officials outlined the timeline with stark precision: two men shot on June 20, both transported from East 117th Street, Lavell Scales, 55, declared dead on arrival, and a summer-long search culminating in an arrest in mid-September. With the arrest of Verdine Glover, the case advanced toward the courts, and the record reflected a community's attempt to reckon with the loss of Lavell Scales, 55, even as investigators and prosecutors prepared to press the charges forward.
