Overview

• Aniaz Paradiso, 16, was found with a gunshot wound near West 130th Street and Lorain Avenue just after midnight Sunday and was pronounced dead at the scene.
• Police say the confrontation occurred after people left a nearby short-term rental, with reports of arguing and fighting in the area before the gunfire.
• Investigators are using the city’s Real Time Center along with helicopter and K9 resources and are gathering surveillance and phone video.
• An 18-year-old was arrested on obstruction, and investigators have not identified the person who fired the fatal shot or determined a motive.
• Parma City Schools made counseling available and remembered the Valley Forge High School junior, and the death is Cleveland’s 77th reported homicide this year, a 13% decrease from the same period in 2024.