Overview
- Police named Jashawn Stewart, 19, and Derquan Edwards, 18, as suspects facing murder and felonious assault charges, and a 16-year-old faces delinquency to commit murder and nine counts of delinquency to commit felonious assault.
- The Nov. 2 shooting at a social-media–promoted party killed Elijah Wells, 18, and injured eight others, all of whom have since been released from the hospital.
- Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost said Bureau of Criminal Investigation analysts used DNA and ballistics technology to help crack the case.
- Investigators recovered firearms during related arrests, though testing has not confirmed any link to the party, and officials have not ruled out additional shooters after finding casings from multiple calibers.
- Summit County prosecutors expect a grand jury to consider the adult cases after Thanksgiving, while the juvenile’s case proceeds in Summit County Juvenile Court, following arrests that stemmed from separate stolen gun and stolen car investigations.