Pictured are Cleveland Police Chief Calvin Williams, his younger brother William Williams, 34, who was shot dead on Tuesday, February 24, and Dana Johnson, Williams Williams live-in girlfriend and the mother of his children. Johnson, 36, is charged with aggregated murder and is in critical condition at a Pennsylvania- area hospital following a purported self-inflicted gun shot wound to the head.

By Kathy Wray Coleman, editor-in-chief, Cleveland Urban News.Com, and the Kathy Wray Coleman Online News Blog.com, Ohio's most read digital Black newspaper and newspaper blog. Tel: (216) 659-0473.

Coleman is a community activist and 21-year investigative journalist who trained for 17 years at the Call and Post Newspaper in Cleveland, Ohio.

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CLEVELAND, Ohio-The younger brother of Cleveland Police Chief Calvin Williams died of a gunshot wound to the head early Tuesday morning, the apparent shooting by an estranged girlfriend who reportedly is the mother of his two of his three children, and is in critical condition at a Pennsylvania- area hospital  after allegedly shooting herself in the head later that day. The tragic incident reportedly followed a routine domestic dispute.

William D. Williams, 34, was found dead at his home in the 10600 block of Grantwood Avenue on the city's largely Black east side  early Tuesday morning, the Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner said, who ruled the killing a homicide. The incident followed a reported domestic dispute.

"My thoughts and prayers are with Chief Calvin Williams and his family," Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson said in a press statement. "I ask that everyone respect their privacy during this difficult time."

Dana Johnson, 36, is charged with aggravated murder stemming from the incident.

Police said that Johnson fled the deadly scene and drove more than 100 miles until Pennsylvania State Police caught up with her on Interstate 76 in Brighton Township, some 36 miles northwest of Pittsburgh. She then allegedly turned the gun on herself as police approached her car, police said.

Williams Williams and Johnson had a contentious and sometimes violent relationship,  according to police records.

A 27-year veteran of the police force, Calvin Williams, 50, was promoted last February by Mayor Jackson from deputy police chief to police chief. He is the third Black police chief of the City of Cleveland, a majority Black major American city.

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