Man charged in slaying of 17-year-old girl in Cleveland park
Updated 12:52 PM;
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CLEVELAND, Ohio A Columbus man is charged the fatal shooting of a 17-year-old girl at Martin Luther King Jr. Park in Cleveland’s Glenville neighborhood.
Esperanza Lugo, 18, is charged with aggravated murder in the April 8 shooting of Hershawna Rias. He remains jailed on $100,000 bond after his first court appearance Tuesday in Cleveland Municipal Court.
Rias was a habitual runaway spent time in foster care, including at the time of her death, according to police reports. She was reported missing more than 10 times in the last three years, sometimes for more than a month at a time, police reports say.