To Be Fair, The PSA Was Not Addressed To Clevelanders

The score on my New Year’s Eve PSA for St. Louis has increased to five dead in shootings, but in Cleveland, someone festively firing rounds killed his girlfriend:

Illegal celebratory gunfire turned deadly just after midnight on New Year’s Day, according to Cleveland Police.

Detectives are investigating the death of a 31-year-old woman who was shot.

Officers responded just after midnight on New Year’s Day and found the woman with a gunshot wound. She later died at MetroHealth Hospital.

While investigating, police learned the victim’s 38-year-old boyfriend was “popping off” rounds to celebrate the start of 2020. At some point, the woman was shot.

Uh huh. That sounds exactly like what happened.

Also, apparently, Cleveland saw 11 shootings between 6pm New Year’s Eve and 3am Christmas day, a total greater than St. Louis (whose fifth shooting was apparently later on New Year’s Day, but added to the total to make the story More Deadly).

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