Sentencing for 3rd suspect convicted in 2021 murder of 13-year-old Euclid boy

CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - The third man convicted in the 2021 murder of Maurco Toler, 13, of Euclid, will be sentenced in Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas Thursday.

Earlier this month, Javyonne Stewart pleaded guilty to one count of involuntary manslaughter, one count of improperly discharging into a habitation, and one count of tampering with evidence.

Stewart was arrested by members of the U.S. Marshals Northern Ohio Violent Fugitive Task Force on Dec. 22, 2025 at a home in the 10500 block of Olivet Ave. in Cleveland.

Toler was shot and killed around 2:30 p.m. on Dec. 11, 2021 while standing in the front yard of a home in the 257000 block of Zeman Ave.

Euclid police said Toler was struck by shots fired from a black Ford Escape.

Duane Tra’Ron Jackson was arrested at Benedictine High School by the Northern Ohio Violent Fugitive Task Force on Jan. 12, 2022.

Leroy Billips surrendered to law enforcement on June 22, 2022.

In November 2023, a jury found Jackson and Billips guilty of murder, felonious assault, discharge of a firearm into a habitation, discharge of a firearm on or near prohibited premises, and tampering with evidence.

Both men were sentenced to life in prison.