EUCLID, Ohio (WSYX) — Authorities in Cuyahoga County say a man accused of shooting and killing a police officer in Euclid on Saturday night is dead.
Police responded to a call about a disturbance in the Cleveland suburb just after 9 p.m. on Saturday.
An officer who was later identified as Jacob Derbin was shot in the incident and later died.
Authorities began searching for the suspect in the case; 24-year-old Deshawn Anthony Vaughn.
Police said they tracked Vaughn to a home in Shaker Heights where he was found dead Sunday.
Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost issued the following statement after news of Officer Derbin's death:
The promise to protect is signed with the blood of our officers. The killer who ambushed Officer Derbin will be found and will receive the full measure of justice.It is a cruel irony that a mother lost her son on Mother’s Day, and that this murder happened just as we prepare to solemnize our fallen during Police Memorial Week. My heart burns with anger at this injustice, for the family of this young officer and the Euclid Police Department.Gov. Mike DeWine has ordered flags in Cuyahoga County as well as at the Ohio Statehouse, Vern Riffe Center, and Rhodes State Office Tower be lowered to half-staff in remembrance of Derbin until sunset on the day of his funeral.
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