CLEVELAND, Ohio – A Cleveland police officer took his own life, shortly after a Cleveland police officer was on duty while he was shot and killed, officials said.
Officer Nicholas Sabo, 38, wrote several posts on Facebook late Friday and early Friday, detailing the shooting deaths. Before James Scarnivitz died at his North Ridgeville home.
Sabo has been a fisherman in the Cleveland Department since 2013, and Scarnivitz since 1998. Both officers were married and also had children.
“I don’t think anyone outside there can really understand what’s going on with the loss of an officer in the line of duty, especially the violence, it’s a horrible tragedy.” “But two officers in one night is really bad.”
Williams said they are still trying to understand why Sabo committed suicide. He said the two officers knew each other, but they could never meet if they worked together.
Jeff Folmer, president of the Cleveland Police Patrolmen’s Association, said he was “shocked” by Sabo’s death.
“We’re still trying to figure it out,” Follmer said.
Salbo worked as a police officer near Columbus before coming to work in Cleveland, Williams said.
Sabo was part of the Sabo group after he was featured in a WJW-TV story in 2016, handing out candy and toys to children in Cleveland in honor of Cleveland officer Wayne Leon, who was shot dead in June 2000.
Soap was not killed after Scurnivitz and a 50-year-old police informant were shot dead on West 65th Street near Store Avenue.
According to five police sources, Scarnivitz was conducting an undercover operation in the area and Scott Dingis (0) was an informant working with Scarnivitz.
The three men fired several shots at the two, sitting in a police car without the Scurnivitz sign. Screenwitz was shot once in the chest and Dyngus was beaten several times, sources said.
Three people – two teenagers and an adult – were arrested in connection with the investigation. Williams said all three are in jail on unrelated warrants. No formal charges have been laid in that case.
“Jimmy was a great police officer,” Williams said. “It simply came to our notice then. He worked hard for the city he has worked so hard to take care of his family. And he worked hard to take care of his fellow officers. ‘Screen,’ as many officers called him, was the one we often wanted to duplicate, because he did the work the way it should be done. “
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