3 men indicted in Cleveland shooting that killed 2

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CLEVELAND (WJW) — Three men accused in a May shooting that killed two people and injured two others in downtown Cleveland are now under indictment.

A Cuyahoga County grand jury has handed up an indictment charging Mark Hardy II, 27, of Euclid, and Kenneth Patterson, 23, of Cleveland, with three counts of murder and two counts of felonious assault, according to a Friday news release from the Cuyahoga County Prosecutor’s Office.

Da’Karai T. Johnson, 27, of Cleveland, was also indicted on four counts of felonious assault.

Authorities allege the trio was standing outside with a group of people near St. Clair Avenue and East 13th Street in Cleveland at about 3 a.m. on Sunday, May 26.

They began fighting and Hardy, Patterson and Johnson opened fire, hitting 28-year-old Ta’Von Thompson and 24-year-old De’Andre Smith, as well as a 26-year-old woman and a 19-year-old man.

The four victims were transported to a hospital. Thompson and Smith were later pronounced dead.

A relative of Thompson said the father of three was celebrating another person’s birthday that night, when he was caught in the crossfire, FOX 8 News previously reported.

Sources told the FOX 8 I-Team that gunshots struck a gas main, causing a gas leak outside of Read’s Jewelry and Loan store which was secured by Cleveland firefighters.

Investigators later determined Hardy and Patterson shot Thompson and Smith, while Johnson shot the two other victims, prosecutors said.

Cleveland police arrested Hardy and Johnson on June 6. Patterson fled to Tennessee and was arrested by state troopers there on June 12, according to the release.

The three men are set to be arraigned on June 20, court records show.