Overview
- Police identified the man as 37-year-old Robert J. Riddlebarger, who was shot after officers forced entry into a home on East 219th Street late Sunday.
- Department-released video shows officers announcing themselves and, once inside, a rifle appearing from the kitchen area and moving toward an officer before gunfire is heard.
- Officers provided medical aid at the scene, and Riddlebarger was taken to University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead.
- The 911 caller reported being assaulted, said her three-year-old daughter was inside, and told officers Riddlebarger had been drinking and had access to guns.
- No officers were injured; the woman and toddler were treated and released, the Ohio BCI has opened an investigation, and the involved officer is on administrative leave.