🙏 Police-Shooting Prayers + Cleveland Movie In Venice + Cordelia Is Open + Tim Flossie

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• A Northeast Ohio police officer knelt and prayed with man she shot
• "White Noise," filmed in Cleveland, will open the Venice Film Festival
• A suburban Cleveland school shooter says he just needed someone to talk to back in 2008

Plus, Cordelia, a restaurant billed as "Midwest nice," is now open.

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Police Officer Kneels And Prays With Knife-Wielding Man She Shot

1) After shooting Scott Bakker, a Wellington police officer knelt by his side and asked him: "You want to say a prayer? Are you a religious man? What kind of prayer do you want to say?" Bakker, afflicted with mental health issues, was hit twice with a Taser, pulled out the leads and laughed before he advanced on an officer with a knife. That's when he was shot.

• Police have been called to Bakker's home 19 times since October.
• The bodycam video was released Monday.
• Wellington, population 4,800, is a village in Lorain County, south of Oberlin.

Watch the video on Fox 8 News

2) A movie filmed in and around Cleveland starring Adam Driver and Don Cheadle will open the Venice Film Festival on Aug. 31. "White Noise," directed by Noah Baumbach, is described as “hilarious and horrifying, lyrical and absurd, ordinary and apocalyptic.” The film is about a college professor whose family is evacuated from their Midwestern town after a train accident causes a toxic event.

Joey Morona reports for Cleveland.com

3) Here are the words of a school shooter, Jeff Jevnikar, who went into Willoughby South High School as a 15 year old, fired two shots, and lived to talk about it. "I scared all those kids in the school that day. Their parents were worried for them — parents of friends. It's like a ripple effect. ... So when I was there, and I shot the first shot, it's almost like it made me realize that it was really happening and it wasn't just all an idea in my head anymore. ... I was really there holding a gun in my high school that I had shot. No going back from there. ... I wish I could have just talked to somebody instead."

3News WKYC

• Related: Watch on Fox 8 News: Local police prepare for active school shooter

4) Tim Flossie, an Akron football coaching legend and lunch-pail hero who roamed the sidelines for four decades, motivating his players and winning big games, died earlier this month. He was 73. "He was always one of those guys that went above and beyond for students and players," remembered Scott Powers, who played for him at Buchtel High. "When you play for coach Flossie you aren’t just a player because he takes an interest in you as a person. Back when I was playing for him everyone knew he had that tough exterior, that tough love, but he always had that individual touch with the person.”

Cleveland.com

5) Elton John will perform at Progressive Field in Cleveland Saturday, July 30. And there's still time to get tickets to this sold-out show? How? Paris Wolfe has the deets on the resale market for this show, as well as upcoming shows in Chicago and Pittsburgh.

Cleveland.com

5 Headlines You Need To See

• Cordelia now open in former Lola Bistro space on East 4th, dining expert Doug Trattner reports (3News WKYC)
• Rocker Anne E. DeChant, an Avon Lake native, returned home to teach a class and perform a concert (Cleveland.com)
• Female instructor charged with sexual battery for relationship with 17-year-old co-worker at Avon Lake karate studio (Cleveland 19 News)
• Monkeypox cases prompt urgency from local leaders (News 5 Cleveland WEWS)
• Witnesses expected to take the stand Tuesday in trial of woman charged in slaying of Cleveland police officer Shane Bartek (Cleveland.com)

The Sports Section

• Cleveland Guardians mentioned as potential suitor for Juan Soto (3News WKYC)
• Bryan Shaw possible "opener" Tuesday in bullpen game vs. Boston (cleveland.com)
• Guardians fall to Red Sox, 3-1 (MLB.com)

1 Bit Of History

I covered the 2016 Republican National Convention six years ago this month. This is my favorite photograph from that week. Whoever you are, right on sister!

3 Things To Do

• Guardians vs. Arizona Diamondbacks at Progressive Field, Aug. 1 to Aug 3, Wednesday Aug. 3 is Guardians Cap Day | Details
• Taco and Tequila Stroll in Willoughby, Saturday, Aug. 6, 1 to 5 p.m. | Details
• Asian Lantern Festival, Cleveland Metroparks Zoo, through Aug. 17 | Details

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Cleveland Chatter

• "I have 2 tickets to the Browns/Panthers game Sep 11th; Section 129 Row 11. Serious inquiries only!!" Reply from Allan Johnson: "How much are you going to pay me to take them?" (Cleveland Browns Nation)
• "The 2022 Big 12 Male Athlete of the Year is a Cavalier ✨ Congrats, @youngoch!" (Cleveland Cavaliers via Instagram)
• "We're looking for skaters to join the hardest working ice crew in the AHL!! Help keep the ice in tip-top shape as a part of our Ice Patrol! You'll also get to be a part of the intermission fun, have plenty of fan interactions & get to catch the game right from the glass." (Cleveland Monsters via Facebook)

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