The manhunt for a murder suspect who police said posted a video of himself on Facebook shooting an elderly man in Cleveland on Sunday widened Monday as authorities asked the public for help and pleaded with the suspect to turn himself in.
Police said they have searched “dozens of locations” for the suspect, Steve Stephens, and tried to convince him to turn himself in when they spoke with him on his cell phone on Sunday. But Stephens remains at large as the hunt for him expands in Ohio and neighboring states, they said.
“Obviously, this individual is armed and dangerous, and quite frankly at this point he could be in a lot of places,” Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge Stephen Anthony told a news conference in Cleveland.
Police said Stephens used Facebook to post video of him killing 74-year-old Robert Godwin Sr. Stephens is not believed to have known Godwin, a retired foundry worker who media reports said spent Easter Sunday morning with his son and daughter-in-law before he was killed on camera in the street.
