Timoteo 'Tim' Cruz was one of two victims of a fatal shooting in Parma last weekend.
Author: WKYC Staff
Updated: 7:04 PM EDT March 18, 2021
PARMA, Ohio —
Editor's Note: The above video aired on March 17, 2021
A vigil and balloon release was held Thursday night for Timoteo "Tim" Cruz at the Justice Center. Cruz, a Cuyahoga County Corrections officer, was one of two victims of a fatal shooting in Parma last weekend
Michael Acierno and Timoteo "Tim" Cruz both died at the scene during the incident. Cruz, an off-duty Cuyahoga County corrections officer working as a security guard for the bar, apparently risked his own life by firing his own weapon at the suspects after Acierno was shot first.