Name withheld by police

Deadly force

Officer Aaron Petitt, coming to the aid of bounty hunters, shot and killed a 29-year-old Cleveland man during a struggle on Signet Avenue. The bounty hunters were trying to capture the man, who was wanted on a domestic violence charge. The shooting victim had entered a home and barricaded himself in a second-floor room. Petitt and a bounty hunter tried to use a board to force open the door. Petitt was stabbed in the foot and struck in the head with a board during the struggle.