CLEVELAND (AP) — A suspect was arrested in a hit-and-run crash on an Ohio interstate that killed a Cleveland firefighter who had responded to an earlier crash, authorities said.
Police in Bratenahl Village in suburban Cleveland said the firefighter was struck Saturday at about 8:15 p.m. while assisting at the scene of a rollover crash on Interstate 90. Police said the vehicle fled at high speed and the firefighter was later pronounced dead at a hospital.
Cleveland police found the suspect vehicle early Sunday and arrested a Cleveland resident, authorities said.
The Cleveland City Council identified the firefighter as Johnny Tetrick, a 27-year veteran of the Cleveland Division of Fire who is survived by his wife and three children. Mayor Justin Bibb said the 51-year-old firefighter “was devoted to his work as a first responder and was a much-loved member of his family and his community.”
Johnny Tetrick. (Photo Courtesy City of Cleveland)
Gov. Mike DeWine on Sunday ordered that flags of the United States and the State of Ohio be flown at half-staff at all public buildings and grounds in Cuyahoga County, as well as at the Ohio Statehouse, Vern Riffe Center and Rhodes State Office Tower in Columbus until sunset on the day of Tetrick’s funeral.
