Officer Leon, 32, was killed at a gas station after pulling over Quisi Bryan on June 25, 2000.
CLEVELAND, Ohio - The Ohio Supreme Court has set an execution date for the man sentenced to death for killing a Cleveland police officer., was sentenced to die by the Ohio Supreme Court in 2017, with an original execution date of Oct. 26, 2022.Officer Leon, 32, was killed at a gas station after pulling over Bryan on June 25, 2000.
Cleveland police said Bryan was a suspect in a prior shooting and shot Officer Leon in the face during questioning.At the time of the murder, Bryan was on parole after serving time for a 1995 attempted robbery conviction. Officer Leon leaves behind a wife and three children. He had been with the Cleveland Police Department for six years.
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