Cleveland Police Officer Shooting: Mark Balichuk

[Editor’s Note: The video above is body camera video showing the moment officer Mark Barijczuk was shot and wounded by a suspected car thief. The story is from March 2023. ]

clevelandOhio (WJW) – The Fox 8 Team I Cuyahoga County prosecutors have found that they have already filed papers to try a 17-year-old boy as an adult on shooting and bodily injury charges. cleveland police board member Mark Balchuk.

A hearing will be held in juvenile court at 11:00 am on Monday. teen arrested Friday.

He had been on the run for over a month.

Prosecutors have filed a motion telling the court that the case meets the “standard for forced detention” for adult court. In other words, it should happen automatically due to the age of the teen and the seriousness of the crime.

Cleveland police officers and a team from the U.S. Marshals Department arrested a teenage boy Friday after a lengthy search near the scene of the crime.

Police said the teenager twice shot an officer last month who was investigating a case linked to the wave of riots. car theft case.

body camera video It shows a police officer pulling a suspect. And as soon as he shouted the order, the suspect opened fire.

The officer was shot in the arm and leg.

Last week, Cleveland Police The photo has been posted of the dispatcher who handled his call and the smiling cop. I could see that his arm was still bandaged. However, he is recovering.