Police in Shaker Heights, Ohio, outside Cleveland, on Thursday, September 28, 2023, identified Danielle Harris as the victim of a fatal gunshot wound.
At approximately 10:47 p.m., officers were dispatched to the 3000 block of Ludgate Road to investigate a report of a man causing a disturbance.
Responding officers saw four children outside the home and on its second and third floors. Officers rescued the children and learned that their father had shot their mother.
Police immediately entered the residence and discovered a man and woman who were victims of gunshot wounds. Both had succumbed to their injuries.
The man was Lasteven Huckabee, 35, also of Shaker Heights.
Danielle Harris’s relatives on social media described her with superlatives such as “outstanding, positive and uplifting.” Perhaps, most of all, she was a loving mother to her children.
The relatives also expressed their profound pain over the loss of Danielle, whom they called Honey Bunny.
“Asking for prayer for the Harris family. My beautiful lovely niece Danielle Harris. Victim of senseless violence,” Pat Harris said on Facebook. “I am heartbroken today but she rests with God. She was an amazing woman. She was not married to him. Murder-suicide. RIH Honey.”
The victim’s aunt, Tonia Parker, also posted a moving tribute on Facebook about Harris, saying:
“Lord, I pray that you are going to bless my Honey Bunny kids 4 life who are left with no parents. But mainly a mom.”
She continued:
“I pray that the Lord will stop the violence and blacks killing blacks … and punks who kill themselves too after knowing that they pulled the trigger on the wrong person. … Domestic violence needs to stop.”
Police said the children found on the scene were unharmed.
