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In the early hours of a Sunday morning in Flint, Michigan, tragedy struck the Cleaves family. Herbert Cleaves, a 27-year-old man, was fatally wounded in a drive-by shooting. The incident occurred around 2 a.m. as two vehicles passed a home and opened fire. Cleaves was struck in the abdomen and rushed to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead. At the time of his death, his younger brother, Mateen Cleaves, was a rookie playing for the Detroit Pistons and a celebrated former basketball star ...Read More
Victim Details

Herbert Cleaves

Male

Flint

MI

2001-02-18

27

Herbert

Cleaves

12/31/2025