Man Turns Himself In to Face Charges for Firing Gun at Car

Anthony M. Smith, 23, of Cleveland, is in Westlake City Jail after turning himself in to police around noon Monday. He is charged with shooting at a man’s car at about 2:40 p.m. Friday afternoon on Bassett Road.

The victim, a 23-year-old Lakewood man, had dropped his toddler daughter off at her mother's Bassett Road home when a gunman fired one or two shots at his car, a police report said. No bullets hit the car, police said, but then two brothers came out of the house and assaulted the Lakewood man.

Capt. Guy Turner said the brothers, Angel Amarro,18,  and  Edwin Gonzalez, 19, tore the Lakewood man’s earring, but the injury was not serious.

A neighbor called police when he heard gunshots and a scream, according to the 911 call. He climbed onto his roof and relayed the actions of the gunman and the brothers to the dispatcher while police were on their way.

Officers from Westlake and Bay Village surrounded the house and arrested the two brothers. The gunman fled, the report said.

Smith turned himself in to Westlake police at 11:50 a.m. Monday. He will face charges of attempted murder, felonious assault, discharging a firearm, obstructing justice and tampering with evidence.

Amarro and Gonzalez are in Cuyahoga County Jail facing charges of obstructing justice and assault. Amarro also faces charges of possession of drug paraphernalia, criminal damaging and aggravated menacing.

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