Cleveland Police identify victim in fatal shooting on East 61 Street, officers still searching for shooter

CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - Cleveland Police identified the man found shot to death on the city’s East Side.

Officers responded to a shooting and man down on East 61st Street and Bonna Avenue at 11:35 a.m. Sunday, according to a police report.

The victim, 29-year-old Tavion Hallins was found in a field with a gunshot wound to the head, police said.

Hallins was taken to University Hospital where he was pronounced dead.

Police learned on scene that Hallins may have been involved in a verbal argument with the person who shot him.

The shooter drove off in an unknown vehicle, officials said.

No arrests have been made.

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