I-Team: Video of shootout in The Flats shows bullets narrowly miss high school rowing team

CLEVELAND (WJW) — The FOX 8 I-Team has obtained video of a wild shootout in The Flats , with bullets skipping into the Cuyahoga River near a high school rowing team.

Gunfire ripped through the morning air at about 7 a.m. on a Saturday in August.

Now, we've uncovered the video showing what happened and a growing investigation surrounding it.

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You see bullets fly through the morning air just as a high school rowing team is coming up the Cuyahoga River. Gunshots can be seen hitting water and coming very close to the teens passing by on what should be a quiet Saturday morning.

The I-Team submitted public record requests for video, 911 calls, police reports and more. "There was at least 30-35 shots fired," one 911 caller said. He said the shooting took place close to Center Street.

A witness who lives near where the shooting took place said he thought he heard about 60 gunshots. "I live on the west bank of the Flats," the man said. "I have co-workers ask me if it is safe to move downtown. I can't in good conscience recommend that to anybody." The I-Team recently tried to take a closer look at crime statistics, and we requested records of the most serious crimes just for downtown. The city did not send us statistics to compare crimes from year to year. Instead, the city sent 253 pages listing police report numbers for the last three years.

Police body camera video captured a woman with a victim of the shootout. The gunfire left one person dead.

Cleveland police did arrest a man shortly after the shooting, but the Cuyahoga County prosecutor first ruled the case a matter of self-defense, so the charge was dismissed. But now prosecutors are reviewing the case a second time, telling us the matter is still under investigation.

A spokesperson for the school rowing team sent us the following statement. We are not naming the school, since the students are witnesses.

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In the meantime, Tyler Sinclair, communications strategist for Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb, released a statement on the incident: