GARFIELD HEIGHTS, Ohio - Family members are searching for answers after a man shot and killed a father of four Tuesday in a Garfield Heights barbershop.
Investigators said a man -- who came to the barbershop with a child -- shot Charles Davis and a second man just before 6 p.m. at Skills Barbershop on Turney Road. Investigators do not know why the man got into an argument Davis before pulling out a gun and opening fire, Sgt. Jim Mendolera said at a news conference Wednesday at the Garfield Heights Police Department.
Davis, 29, of Cleveland died after paramedics took him to Marymount Hospital. The second victim was shot in the leg and was treated and released from a hospital, police said.
The part-owner of a daycare leaves behind four children ages 5 to 10, relatives said at the news conference.
"My grandkids don't have a father. My kids don't have a sibling," his mother Angela Davis said. "I don't know how I'm going to bury my son."
Family members who spoke during the emotional news conference asked the shooter to turn himself in to police.
"I want you to come and help me explain to my nieces and nephews why they don't have a father on Thanksgiving," his uncle Thomas Beck said.
Investigators believe the child who came to the barbershop with the shooter could tell someone what he saw. The child is believed to be 5 or 6 years old, Mendolera said.
"[The child] is going to say something to someone," he said. "This was traumatic for him."
Neither employees nor other customers in the shop recognized the shooter. Employees recognized Davis because he is a regular customer, Mendolera said.
The shooter and the child came into the shop just after 5:30 p.m. The shooter waited while the child got a haircut.
Davis entered the shop a short time later and got into an argument with the shooter. Investigators believe the two knew each other but do not know why they argued, Mendolera said.
The shooter pulled out a gun and fired several shots, hitting Davis and the second victim. The shooter then grabbed the child and ran from the shop, Mendolera said.
Investigators are working with nearby businesses to determine if any surveillance cameras caught the shooter running from the shop, Mendolera said.
Detectives and the state's Bureau of Criminal Investigation were still collecting evidence at the shop just after noon Wednesday.
More information will be released as the investigation moves forward, Mendolera said.