‘Overnight street takeovers’ draw large Clevelandpolice response [Video]

CLEVELAND — Cleveland Chief of Police Dorothy Todd said multiple law enforcement partners helped respond to “several street takeovers” in the overnight hours Sunday morning.

At a press conference Sunday, Todd said the chaotic scenes began just after 11 p.m. Saturday. In one of the most serious of the incidents, vehicles took over I-90 westbound and “shut the freeway down,” stopping traffic. Todd said the suspects allegedly shot off fireworks on the freeway and attempted to light fires, only to be thwarted by the slick roadway due to the recent rain.

Other takeovers happened on West 25th Street and Lorain Avenue; on West 65th Street; East 93rd Street and Opportunity Corridor; at Steelyard Commons; East 105th Street and Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard; and East 55th …