CLEVELAND, Ohio– Prosecutors on Friday dropped murder charges against a Cleveland man in connection with a fatal shooting of a 19-year-old Painesville man.
Anthony Cook, 41, was released from custody Friday following a hearing during which prosecutors asked a judge to dismiss the murder charge filed against him last week in connection with the Jan. 27 fatal shooting of Travonta Smith.
No one else has been charged in the case.
Smith was found dead about 12:15 p.m. in the driveway of a home on Damon Avenue, near East 156th Street.
Witnesses told police a man grabbed Smith by the feet and dragged him from a car, according to police reports.
He dropped Smith on the ground, got in his car and sped off, police reports say.
Police found Smith with a gunshot wound to his right ear and head. He was taken to University Hospitals, where he died.
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