2002 Lima, Ohio, apartment shooting
2002 shooting which killed 2 people and injured 6
On January 3, 2002, in Lima, Ohio, United States, a pair of brothers, Jeronique Dwayne Cunningham (born August 13, 1972) and Cleveland Ramon Jackson (born June 26, 1978), committed a robbery at a home in order to steal money and drugs. During the robbery itself, both Cunningham and Jackson rounded up the eight people present at the house, and shot all of them.
Of all the eight occupants in the house, 17-year-old Leneshia Williams and three-year-old Jayla Grant died of fatal gunshot wounds while the remaining six were wounded but survived. Jackson and Cunningham were both arrested, tried and convicted of aggravated murder, and sentenced to death. As of 2026, the brothers still remain on death row, and Jackson's death sentence is scheduled to be carried out on June 13, 2029.
Murders
On January 3, 2002, 23-year-old Cleveland Ramon Jackson Jr. and 29-year-old Jeronique D. Cunningham, who were half-brothers, planned to commit robbery at the home of a 28-year-old drug dealer named LaShane Liles. That evening, the brothers armed themselves with guns and went to Liles's apartment in Lima, Ohio. At that time, Liles was not at home, but seven relatives and friends of his were inside the apartment. Liles himself later returned to the apartment, and engaged in a discussion about a drug transaction with Jackson, while Cunningham stayed at the living room and watched the television with three of the occupants: 18-year-old Coron Liles, 15-year-old Dwight D. Goodlowe and 17-year-old Leneshia Williams.
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