The accused shooter in the March 10 incident near a Cleveland funeral home is in custody. Cleveland Police identified Meer Toqiuddin Saleem, 21, of Sugarland as a suspect during their subsequent investigation. Police say Saleem fired the shots so near mourners outside the funeral home that people scrambled and even crawled under vehicles for safe cover. Turns out Saleem was someone considered “close to the family”. The incident and investigation resulted in a warrant being issued for Saleem’s arrest listing the third-degree felony charge of Deadly Conduct.
On Saturday, March 30 the Patton Village Police Department arrested Saleem during a traffic stop at Hwy 59 and Creekwood for the new charge of Unlawful Carry of a Weapon and the felony Cleveland warrant.
When Meer Saleem’s Montgomery County charge is handled, he’ll be transferred to the custody of Cleveland Police for booking into their jail. Saleem has a $1,000 bond in Montgomery County and is currently held without bond on the Cleveland Charge connected with the shots fired around the funeral home.
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Cleveland Police are investigating multiple reports of shots fired Sunday afternoon in the area of Neal Funeral Home, as a grieving family gathered for a viewing.
Around 2:45 p.m., CPD responded to the 200 block of S. Washington Avenue, where the funeral home is located. Witnesses, many of whom were family members and mourners standing outside of the funeral home, said a green Jeep Cherokee was driving past when shots rang out. Several witnesses were certain the shots were fired from someone inside of the Jeep. Those standing outside in the open, when they heard what everyone believes were gunshots. panicked and ran for cover. They said the SUV sped away after shots were allegedly fired, heading southbound on Washington Avenue.
