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Murder suspect caught by crowd, beaten in Cleveland

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CLEVELAND (WJW) — A man Cleveland police say shot and killed another man in Brooklyn Centre on Monday was later found beaten by those gathered in a large crowd nearby.

The shooting victim, a 30-year-old man, was shot in the chest near the intersection of West 39th Street and Denison Avenue, according to a news release from Cleveland police.

Officers who responded just before 8 p.m. Monday rendered aid until EMS arrived, but the man was pronounced dead at the scene.

After officers cleared the scene of the shooting, they learned of a large crowd that had gathered at a nearby convenience store and that a fight had broken out, in which the murder suspect, a 33-year-old man, was beaten for the killing.

The murder suspect was arrested. The identities of the suspect and victim have not been released.

The incident remains under investigation.