According to the Cleveland Police, Hakizimana was stopped at a traffic light on Detroit and W. 80th Street when a man entered his vehicle, shot him in the chest and fled. Hakizimana was left in the street and was later found unconscious by police and transported to MetroHealth, where he died.
The shooter has not yet been identified but is thought to be the same man who fatally shot 31-year-old Curtis Legg at the corner of Franklin and W. 85th Street minutes before the carjacking. The shooting deaths were two of four over Memorial Day weekend, which saw 12 total people shot and three others injured in stabbings.
Hakizimana’s family is now raising funds for funeral costs via GoFundMe. The funeral is expected to be held on June 7. The Congolese Community of Greater Cleveland is in mourning and has said the Cleveland Catholic Charities will be coordinating funeral arrangements.
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This article appears in May 27 – Jun 2, 2020.
Can Frank Jackson do ANYTHING? Really, does that loser and poor excuse for a mayor do anything?
The Congo is safer than the CLE!
A 17-year-old Congolese refugee was shot and killed. That tells you all you need to know. Not all black lives matter. All lives should matter equally, but some lives are more equal than others. This sad news barely made local TV news. He was a kid from somewhere else, so his death hardly gets more than a shrug. It is what it is what it is what it is.
Sadly, all Taxin Jackson knows how to do is to tax us working folks, or property owners as much as he can so that he and the rest of the crooked politicians in this dump of a city and county can line their pockets with as much money as they can!!!
It’s time to recall both Taxin Jackson and thief Budish out of office now!!!