Ashley Janelle Rosario, a 36-year-old woman, was killed on the night of August 20, 2026, in a shooting at a residence on Cleveland’s west side. Cleveland police identified the other person who died at the scene as 42-year-old Miguel Caraballo, whose full name was reported in funeral records as Miguel Angel Antonsanti Caraballo. Funeral-home information described Caraballo as Rosario’s husband.
At approximately 8:30 p.m., officers from the Cleveland Division of Police responded to the
3200 block of West 86th Street after receiving a report that someone had been shot. When police and Cleveland EMS arrived, Rosario and Caraballo were found at the residence with fatal gunshot injuries. Emergency personnel pronounced both of them dead at the scene.
According to the preliminary investigation released by Cleveland police, investigators believe Caraballo shot Rosario and then suffered an apparently self-inflicted gunshot wound. Authorities therefore began investigating the deaths as an apparent murder-suicide. The Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner’s Office subsequently identified Rosario and Caraballo as the two people who died. Police emphasized that their findings were preliminary, with the medical examiner responsible for making the official determinations concerning the cause and manner of each death.
Public reporting has provided little information about what happened immediately before the shooting. Police had not announced a motive, disclosed whether an argument or other confrontation preceded the gunfire, or said whether anyone else witnessed the shooting. Authorities also had not publicly established whether anyone else was inside or near the residence when the violence occurred. Although initial police information points to Caraballo as the person who killed Rosario, investigators continued working to establish the complete sequence of events.
Available funeral information provides additional confirmation of the relationship between the two. Caraballo’s obituary identified Ashley Rosario as his late wife and stated that he was a father to three children and a stepfather to another child. Police reports released immediately after the deaths did not themselves specify the relationship, but subsequent reporting citing the funeral records described Rosario and Caraballo as husband and wife.
There have been no arrests in connection with Rosario’s killing because the individual identified by police as the suspected shooter died at the scene. No criminal charges, prosecution, trial or conviction are expected against Caraballo unless investigators ultimately determine that another person was involved. As of August 25, authorities had not publicly identified any additional suspects or announced evidence that anyone else participated in Rosario’s death.
Several significant questions remain unresolved, including what precipitated the shooting and the exact circumstances surrounding the final moments inside the West 86th Street residence. Police had not released a detailed investigative narrative, and final medical-examiner findings had not been publicly reported. Until those investigations are completed, the description of Rosario’s death as a murder-suicide remains based on the Cleveland Division of Police’s preliminary assessment of the evidence at the scene.
