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The iOpener: Suspect In Custody In Library Shooting; Bauer Apologizes

The dramatization of a crime scene with a forensic team in the background. [prath / Shutterstock.com]
The dramatization of a crime scene with a forensic team in the background.

Good morning, iOpeners.  It's Monday, July 29, 2019. There's just two more weeks of summer vacation for most public school students.  

A suspect is in custody in connection with the deadly shooting of a 19-year-old man at a branch of the Cleveland Public Library in South Brooklyn last week. Police say officers arrested the 18-year-old man on West 47 th Street last night. They provided no further details.

Police in Cleveland are searching for the driver who struck and killed a man on Cleveland's West Side Saturday night. The victim was hit while crossing West 25th Street at Clark Avenue. According to police, the pedestrian was in the crosswalk and the pedestrian walk sign was activated when a blue 2009 Chevy Malibu sped through the red light and struck him. Police say the victim was then thrown into a 2007 Saturn that was at the intersection. The driver continued north on West 25th Street and collided with another car. Investigators say witnesses saw the driver and a passenger leaving the Malibu and running away.

Authorities are also investigating a car found upside down at the base of a cliff near Rocky River. Cleveland Fire officials tweeted Sunday morning that the Saab convertible went off the cliff near Golf View Drive, which borders the Rocky River Reservation.  The car was unoccupied and officials were unable to locate any victims.   

After five coaches, and 12 starting quarterbacks, Browns owners Jimmy and Dee Haslam are confident in the talent assembled in the front office and on the field. The Tennessee businessman and his television producer wife admitted the past seven seasons have "been painful," but expressed confidence that quarterback Baker Mayfield will lead the team to the playoffs for the first time in 17 years. 

Trevor Bauer hurled a ball over the center field wall while being taken out of the game in the Indians’ 9-6 loss to the Kansas City Royals. Bauer said he had been frustrated and apologized for his actions in a statement after the game. Bauer accrued eight runs, seven earned, on nine hits, four walks and six strikeouts in 4 1/3 innings. 

Weather forecast for Cleveland: Mostly sunny and breezy, with a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after 3 p.m. Southwest wind gusting as high as 26 mph. High 89.  Tonight, showers and thunderstorms, mainly before midnight.  Low 71.  Tomorrow, showers likely. Cloudy, high 80.

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