Cleveland man murdered just hours after his 27th birthday, police say

CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - Cleveland police are investigating the murder of a man killed just hours after his 27th birthday.

Raequon Williams, of Cleveland, was fatally shot early Friday morning in the 10000 block of Westchester Avenue, according to a Cleveland police report.

The report said Williams’ birthday was on Thursday, and Cleveland police confirmed he died Friday at MetroHealth.

His mother Regina Williams telling 19 News her son was only in Cleveland to visit his 3-year-old son and has been living in Miami Beach since January.

Williams was shot around 1:45 a.m. as he was exiting a car, police said, and two unknown men began firing.

Williams mother is devastated, along with his entire family, but she has already found it in her heart to forgive her son’s killer, whoever they are, “To whoever did it, I just want to let them know Raequon had some really big dreams and some big thinks to do and he touched a lot of lives, and they took that from him. They’ve done hurt a number of people. Actually I forgave him (the shooter). I just pray they get themselves together so they won’t do this repeatedly to nobody else.”

Cleveland police on Friday said the suspects were still at large.

Anyone with information is asked to call Cleveland police at 216-623-5464 or CrimeStoppers at 216-25-CRIME.

A cash reward may be available.

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