Great-grandson of former Mayor Frank Jackson faces Cleveland judge on murder warrant

CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - The 19-year-old great-grandson of former Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson faced a Cleveland Municipal Court judge on Friday morning.

The prosecution asked that Donald Jackson-Gates be held without bond until they can gather additional testimony from an investigating detective. His defense argued that he should be given a bond since he has no prior criminal record and is a high school graduate.

The judge in the case concluded by continuing the hearing. Jackson-Gates is now due to Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas on Monday so the bond review can continue.

Jackson-Gates was arrested on Tuesday on a murder warrant stemming from the May fatal shooting of Chris’Shon Jaquez Coleman in a neighborhood on Cleveland’s East side.

Police said officers were initially dispatched to Quincy Avenue for reports of shots fired in the area.

Investigators first found a large crowd of people at the scene. Coleman was later discovered with gunshot wounds on the front step of a complex nearby.

EMS pronounced the 20-year-old victim dead at the scene.

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