CLEVELAND, Ohio - Police released footage Friday showing officers pursuing and shooting a gunman who authorities say had earlier killed a man on the city’s West Side.

Sterling Pettway, 49, of Cleveland faces charges of murder and felonious assault on a police officer following a series of events that began with an emergency call Wednesday afternoon. He was formally charged Friday in Cleveland’s Municipal Court.

The footage shows an officer telling his colleagues, “I had to. He was aiming that gun right at me.”

Police responded to calls about 1 p.m. near West 73rd Street and Clark Avenue.

When officers arrived, they discovered Deonte Alexander, 33, of Cleveland, with a fatal gunshot wound to the head. As some officers remained at the scene with Alexander, others pursued the suspect, lat

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