In photo, racist suspect Jeffery Follmer, Cleveland police union president, speaks to media at the CPPA hall, in response to the police chase and shooting that killed 2 Black people, Saturday, December 1, 2012. [MORE]  From [HERE] and [HERE] One mysterious gunshot adds up to more than 137 bullets fired and two Black people dead. Dash camera video released to shows East Cleveland Police fired on the suspects for longer than 20 seconds.

The Black people killed by the police are Timothy Ray Russell, 43, of Maple Heights, who was driving, and Malissa Williams, 30,  who was the passenger. Russell's family members held a news conference this afternoon and called for a federal investigation into the shooting.

Russell and Willims were killed after they led the police on a chase that began about 10:30 p.m. on Thursday outside the Justice Center. A police official said two Cleveland officers heard a gunshot and believed it came from a 1979 Chevrolet Malibu that Russell owned. David Russell Jr. said he gave the car involved in the chase to his brother, and that it had a bad muffler -  which could account for the sound. Then the car sped away and the officers chased them.

Officers from Bratenahl, East Cleveland, the State Highway Patrol and the Cuyahoga County Sheriff’s Office joined in the pursuit. It ended on a dead-end access street in East Cleveland, near Heritage Middle School, where police claim Russell “violently rammed a police car and almost struck an officer,” Follmer said.

The chase continued for 25 minutes, reaching speeds of 120 miles-per-hour, before ending in the parking lot of Heritage Middle School. Russell ended up on a dead-end access road to an East Cleveland middle school. There approximately 25 polcie officers converged on the Black man's car. They surrounded the Malibu, and some officers were out of their cars when Russell rammed another police car, Gardner said. Officers then unloaded on the car firing at least 137 shots in about 20 seconds. 

In photo, mostly white Cleveland police officers listen to their union president Jeffery Follmer speak to media at the CPPA hall on December 1, 2012. [MORE] 

During the chase on the highway, an officer reported also seeing something in the passenger’s hands, Gardner said. (what amazing eyesight to see objects through car doors at 100 mph!) No weapon was found in the vehicle. No shell casings were found in the car, and police did not find a gun or bullet or shell casings near the Justice Center. Investigators are, however, searching (planting evidence) the chase route to see if they can locate any evidence that may have been thrown from the vehicle.