David Anthony Boone, 53, a Black male, was found just after dawn on October 16, 2025, lying in the front yard of a home on the 4200 block of East 128th Street in Cleveland’s Union-Miles/Corlett area. Police were called at 5:04 a.m. for reports of a man shot; responding officers and EMS located Boone with a gunshot wound and he was pronounced dead at the scene. The Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner later identified him by name, fixing the date and place of death that morning.
Detectives from the Cleveland Division of Police Homicide Unit cordoned off the block and began canvassing the neighborhood for witnesses and surveillance video while crime scene technicians processed the yard and nearby sidewalk for evidence. The initial updates from authorities described the case as a developing homicide investigation on the city’s East Side, with the precise circumstances of the shooting still under review.
As of the day of the shooting, no arrests were announced, no suspect description had been released, and investigators had not publicly identified a motive. Boone’s killing was noted among recent Cleveland fatal shootings recorded by independent gun-violence trackers, which echoed the official timeline and location but likewise listed no suspect information.
