Crime & Safety

Beachwood Victim of Suspected Homicide Called 9-1-1

Aliza C. Sherman, 53, of Beachwood was killed in downtown Cleveland Sunday

Aliza Sherman, called 9-1-1 to report the attack herself before someone heard her yelling and came to help.

In the call, Sherman asked for help. "Help me... Erieview 55. Help me, I've been attacked," she said.

Police said that Sherman was found with possible stab wounds.

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The dispatcher asked for an apartment number and she repeated the address and asked again for help. Then, the line disconnected.

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The call lasted less than 40 seconds. 

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Another cell phone call, which can be heard in the video to the right, was placed to emergency dispatch within a minute: a man reporting that he heard Sherman screaming from his office and came out to help.

"Hurry, this is bad," the man said. "There's a lady who was just attacked and there's blood everywhere."

The man stayed at the scene and on the phone with the dispatcher until help arrived about six minutes later.

"She is getting worse by the second here," he said at one point during the call.

We will have more information on this ongoing investigation as it becomes available.

The Cleveland Division of Police is asking that anyone with information about this incident to contact the Homicide Unit at 216-623-5464. Anonymous information can be given to Crime Stoppers by calling 216-252-7463 or text messaging TIP657 plus your message to Crimes (274637).

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