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ONLY ON 19 ACTION NEWS: Suspect in deadly shootout has criminal past

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A grand jury has now indicted six men for a shootout that left an innocent woman dead.

44-year-old Cleveland mother Elissa Hereford was caught in the crossfire of the shooting on E. 95th Street last month.

The investigation reveals that the suspects were exchanging gunfire in the 2200 block of East 95th when Hereford looked out her second floor window and was shot during the exchange of gunfire. Hereford was taken by ambulance to MetroHealth Medical Center, where she died from injuries.

Six men are now charged with aggravated murder. 19 Action News has learned one suspect had been convicted of killing someone as a juvenile.

At 16, Devonte Swift was sent to a juvenile jail for hitting and killing a teen while driving a stolen van. Swift served months, not years, in 2009. 

Swift, now 19, is now charged with taking part in the gunfight that killed Hereford.

Swift was also convicted last year for a robbery, but served no time in jail.

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