“We were shocked and horrified yesterday to learn about the situation involving the threats by Steve Stephens and the tragic shooting of Mr. Godwin,” the agency said, adding<br />that its office would be closed on Monday “out of concerns for the safety of our staff, clients and other visitors to our sites.”<br />Chief Williams said that several GoFundMe fund-raising accounts had been created on behalf of Mr. Godwin but<br />that the family had asked the public not to donate to those accounts.<br />Chief Calvin D. Williams of the Cleveland Police Department said on Monday<br />that the authorities had searched “every location” where Mr. Stephens has resided, as well as places were his family members live.<br />“Steve, if you’re out there listening, call someone.”<br />Mr. Stephens, 37, is being sought in what the authorities said was a random shooting of Robert Godwin Sr., 74.<br />Mr. Stephens said in a video on Sunday that he had killed multiple people, but the police said there was only one known victim.<br />He was kind and loving to me and my children.”<br />Mr. Stephens has worked at Beech Brook, a behavioral health agency that serves children, since 2008, the agency said in a statement.<br />At an earlier news conference, Chief Williams said detectives had talked to Mr. Stephens on the phone, but he did not elaborate.<br />Mr. Stephens blamed his actions on his mother and an ex-girlfriend, Joy Lane, who in a statement<br />said she was sorry “that all of this has happened,” television station Cleveland19 reported.
