CLEVELAND, Ohio On Monday, a $3 million bond was granted to an East Cleveland man who is suspected of killing his brother and grandpa and then injuring two police officers.
Aaron Sharp, 24, is charged with aggravated murder in connection with the shooting deaths of his brother, Erik Sharp, 22, and grandfather, Charles Roscoe, 82. Police claim that he shot and injured two East Cleveland patrolmen last week, and he is also charged with felonious assault.
Judge William Dawson set the bond for all charges at $3 million when Sharp appeared in East Cleveland Municipal Court on Monday. Sharp’s lawyer asked Dawson to reduce the bond amount, but Dawson refused.
Charges against him are anticipated to be considered by a Cuyahoga County grand jury in the coming days. When that happens, he will make his appeal.
Police were called to Sharp’s residence on North Taylor Road at approximately 11 p.m. on Thursday after receiving a report of a domestic conflict.
According to investigators, Aaron Sharp shot his family members when the argument got out of hand. Joshua Durda, an East Cleveland police officer, was hit in the leg by Sharp’s bullet after he reacted, according to the police.
According to the Cuyahoga County medical examiner’s office, Roscoe was transported to University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, where he subsequently passed away, while Erik Sharp was declared dead at the site.
Aaron Sharp was found at the Townhouse Motel on Euclid Avenue an hour after police claimed he had left the residence. Police added that before running away once more, Sharp had shot Officer Brandon Hernandez in the lower back.
Throughout the night, over three dozen cops from several departments used drones and neighbor tips to look for Aaron Sharp. Authorities had located him at a residence close to Shaw High School on Friday morning.
Aaron Sharp charged toward a U.S. deputy marshal, who used a stun gun to control him, and officers detained him, according to U.S. Marshal Peter Elliott.
Durda is still in the hospital in stable condition, but Hernandez was discharged on Friday. According to East Cleveland Police Chief Reginald Holcomb, he was scheduled to undergo surgery on Monday.
During the hearing on Monday, Holcomb was one of about half of the 25 officers in the department who stood at the rear of the courtroom. Later that day, he intends to pay Durda a visit in the hospital, he told The Plain Dealer and Cleveland.com.
According to Holcomb, the officers in the department are taking things one day at a time.
The Honey Do Club on St. Clair Avenue was owned by Roscoe. For many years, he was also friends with Mayor Lateek Shabazz.
Shabazz remarked of Roscoe, “We used to sit at McDonald’s every day and drink coffee together.” The chief and Roscoe’s nephew attended the same school.
I’ve known them for fifty years, so this devastated me. Shabazz claimed that everyone is a victim. Everyone. We all grew up together, which is why this town is depressed.
Aaron Sharp smiled as he walked into the courtroom and was observed nodding his head and muttered to himself during the proceedings.
You are loved by God. As he was led out of the courthouse, Sharp remarked, “That’s it.”
Shabazz responded, “I’m not a psychologist or anything like that, but I can tell this is something mental,” when a reporter questioned him about the shootings’ motivation.
