Missing 15-Year-Old Girl Found Dead Inside Car; 16-Year-Old Boy Arrested

A 16-year-old boy in Cleveland, Ohio, has been arrested for allegedly shooting and killing a 15-year-old girl, according to police.

The Cleveland Police Department (CPD) responded to the 3700 block of West 22nd Street in Cleveland’s Brooklyn Centre neighborhood at around 2:30 p.m. Friday after receiving a call for a report of a suspicious car, WKYC reported, citing Sgt. Jennifer Ciaccia of the CPD.

The caller reported that the car was parked in a field with its engine running and windshield wipers left on, officials said.

When authorities arrived, they found a 15-year-old girl, later identified by the Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner’s Office as Jaiden Rentas, inside the car with a gunshot wound, 19 News reported.

She was pronounced dead at the scene.

Police were able to identify both the victim and the suspect after further investigation, according to officials.

The victim’s family told the outlet that the teenage girl had been missing before she was murdered.

Police arrested a 16-year-old boy, whose name was not disclosed, in connection to the shooting following an initial investigation into the matter.

The teenage boy is now being held at the Cuyahoga County Juvenile Detention Center.

The investigation into the case remains ongoing. No other information has been released as of this writing.

The incident comes not long after three people were killed in a shooting at a St. Louis, Missouri, high school Monday morning.

According to the Metropolitan Police Department, the suspect was one of those killed, Fox 9 reported.

The shooter entered the Central Visual and Performing Arts High School at around 9 a.m. armed with a long gun, injuring several people, police commissioner Michael Sack said.

Sack said officers responded quickly and entered the building after the sound of gunfire.

The suspect was struck by a bullet while exchanging gunfire with police, Sack said. The shooter was later pronounced dead at the hospital.

Eight other people were brought to the hospital for medical attention. They included a female teacher and a 16-year-old female student, both of whom were later pronounced dead.

Seven students, four boys and three girls aged 15 to 16, were injured in the incident. They all are now in stable condition, according to the outlet.

Four of the students suffered gunshot wounds or graze wounds, two suffered bruises and one had a broken ankle.