Cleveland: 26-year-old woman dead of gunshot wounds left on the I-77 north berm

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Updated: Mar. 22, 2021 at 10:38 AM EDT

CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - Police discovered the body of a 26-year-old woman on the berm of I-77 north near the Woodland Avenue exit in the early morning hours Saturday.

Darnesha Johnson, of Cleveland, was on the ground on the highspeed berm, unresponsive, and not breathing when police arrived shortly before 1 a.m., according to a Cleveland police media release.

Johnson, who had several gunshot wounds in her head and neck, was pronounced dead at the scene.

Police said multiple people spotted her body and called 911.

Johnson’s death remains under investigation.

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