CLEVELAND (AP) — A woman arrested and charged with aggravated murder in the fatal shooting of an off-duty Cleveland police officer during a carjacking has told authorities she shot the officer, a Cleveland city prosecutor said during the woman’s first court appearance Monday.
A Cleveland Municipal Court judge set bond at $5 million for Tamara McLoyd, 18, of Garfield Heights. She was told by the judge on Monday to get an attorney.
McLoyd is charged with killing officer Shane Bartek, 25, during a carjacking in the parking lot of an apartment building on Friday on Cleveland’s west side. Bartek was ambushed, struggled with assailants and was shot twice in the back, authorities said.
Officer Shane Bartek was only 25 years old, but his life and service made a difference in the lives of so many. Raised in Middleburg, Shane will be remembered for his optimism, his care for others, and his love of Cleveland. Our prayers are with his family and all who knew him. https://t.co/heA10VqSZz pic.twitter.com/Nce91GWWny
— Bride Rose Sweeney (@RepBrideSweeney) January 1, 2022
Surveillance cameras recorded McLoyd driving off in Bartek’s car, according to court records.
Suburban police later Friday arrested a 25-year-old man who was driving Bartek’s car after a high-speed chase. He has been charged with receiving stolen property and fleeing and eluding.
McLoyd also has been charged in a separate armed robbery of a Cleveland restaurant and is considered a suspect in other robberies, authorities said.
Bartek joined the Cleveland police department in 2019.
It was the first fatal shooting of a Cleveland police officer since detective James Skernivitz was shot and killed in September 2020 during an undercover drug operation. A police informant was also killed.
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And look who the shooter is—just like in the shooting of the Illinois cop.
Where is the outcry? Media??? BLM??? Antifa??? Members of Congress pushing for police defunding and/or reform??? Democrat gun-control activists???
Where is the cries of racism SINCE HER VICTIM WAS A LATINO?
Color me not surprised!! Democrats have turned the U.S. Into a 3 rd world country.
This proves we need welfare reform not police reform
5 mil is nothing for the elitists in Hollywood and progressive insurance ( owned by Soros) to get a democrat vote out of murder charge.
blacks are immune to the law did you not know this?
THAT THIS Is in ohio, is making me SAD i chose to live here, after i retired from the military…
A clear case where a swift trial and conviction followed by a public execution are in order.
IT IS good that Ohio, is one of the 22 states that still have a death sentence… SHE DESERVES It!