Pictured are Cleveland Police Chief Calvin Williams, his younger brother William Williams, 34, who was shot dead on Tuesday, February 24 at his home on the city's east side, and Dana Johnson, Williams Williams live-in girlfriend and the alleged shooter. Johnson allegedly shot herself in the head after fleeing the deadly scene, police said. She died yesterday, and had been on life support at a hospital in Pennsylvania.
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-Dana Johnson, 36, the girlfriend of the younger brother of Cleveland Police Chief Calvin Williams who was accused of shooting and killing her estranged boyfriend and baby daddy on Tuesday with a bullet to the head, has died, the Allegheny County Medical Examiner's Office confirmed earlier today.
William Williams, 34, was shot and killed early Tuesday morning at the home the couple shared on the city's largely Black east side, and Johnson had been in critical condition and on life support at a Pennsylvania- area hospital after allegedly shooting herself in the head later that day.
The tragic incident reportedly followed a routine domestic dispute.
A neighbor reportedly told police that Johnson had allegedly confessed to the killing right after it occurred.
The tragic incident reportedly followed a routine domestic dispute.
William Williams and Johnson had a contentious and sometimes violent relationship, according to police records, though no criminal charges were ever filed.
The estranged couple has two children together, ages 5, and 12, and the younger Williams also has another child by another woman.
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.
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