CLEVELAND (AP) — Police say a man carjacked a vehicle with a 2-year-old in the backseat and then fatally
struck a bicyclist while fleeing from police.
A Cleveland police spokeswoman says a 38-year-old man has been arrested. The toddler who was secured in a
car seat wasn’t injured.
Sgt. Jennifer Ciaccia says the robbery occurred around 8:30 p.m. Friday on Cleveland’s near west side.
Ciaccia says the toddler’s mother asked a cousin to watch the car while she went inside a home. That’s
when the suspect shoved the cousin to the ground and drove off.
Police spotted the car a short distance away and began a pursuit. The suspect struck the bicyclist,
another vehicle and a tree and was arrested after a foot chase.
The bicyclist was pronounced dead at the scene.