Thomas Yatsko - Cleveland on EBWiki

Last updated: 11 months ago

Overview

The 21-year-old was shot and killed by an off duty Cleveland Police officer on Saturday, January 13th.

Cleveland Police say Yatsko was allegedly involved in an altercation with Sgt. Dean Graziolli who was working at Corner Alley at the time.

He shot Yatsko in the neck and he died.

Yatsko was unarmed and records show he did not have a criminal record.

Legal Action

The family of Yatsko reached a $1.2 million settlement with the companies that owned and operated the bowling alley where the shooting happened.

Community and Family Efforts

January 2018 Obituary

January 2018 Vigil for unarmed man who was murdered by an off duty cop

Additional Resources:

https://www.cleveland.com/metro/2020/07/family-of-man-fatally-shot-by-off-duty-cleveland-police-officer-reaches-12-million-partial-settlement.html added July 28, 2020 05:13
https://ohionewz.com/man-shot-and-killed-by-off-duty-cleveland-police-officer-identified/ added January 21, 2018 23:28
http://www.cleveland.com/metro/index.ssf/2018/01/cleveland_cop_who_fatally_shot.html added January 21, 2018 23:28
https://patch.com/ohio/cleveland/corner-alley-shooting-officer-21-year-old-identified added January 21, 2018 23:28
http://photos.cleveland.com/4501/gallery/thomas_yatsko/index.html added January 21, 2018 23:28
http://obits.cleveland.com/obituaries/cleveland/obituary.aspx?pid=187896265 added January 21, 2018 23:28
https://rollingout.com/2018/01/17/cleveland-on-edge-as-off-duty-cop-shoots-unarmed-black-male-911-audio/ added January 21, 2018 23:28
http://www.cleveland.com/metro/index.ssf/2018/01/yatsko_vigil.html added January 21, 2018 23:28
https://www.facebook.com/KilledByPolice/posts/1887202614641200 added January 21, 2018 23:28
http://www.gunviolencearchive.org/incident/1027208 added January 21, 2018 23:28
http://gunmemorial.org/2018/01/13/thomas-yatsko added January 21, 2018 23:28
http://www.cleveland19.com/story/37311290/community-holds-vigil-to-remember-thomas-yatsko-man-killed-by-a-cleveland-police-officer added January 21, 2018 09:05