© cleveland.com file photo /File photo/cleveland.com/TNS Detectives identified a Cleveland man as a masked gunmen who fatally shot a man during a home invasion in the Glenville neighborhood, according to court records.

CLEVELAND, Ohio – Detectives identified a Cleveland man as a masked gunmen who fatally shot a man during a home invasion in the Glenville neighborhood, according to court records.

Maurice L. Chesney Jr., 20, is charged with aggravated murder in a Dec. 22 killing on Auburndale Avenue near Euclid Avenue, according to court records.

The Northern Ohio Violent Fugitive Task Force arrested Chesney early Wednesday on Noble Road in Cleveland Heights, U.S. marshals said in a news release. He is being held in the Cuyahoga County Jail until his arraignment in Cleveland Municipal Court.

Several gunmen in ski masks barged into a home and shot two men during the incident, according to police reports. Detectives have not offered a motive for home invasion.

Detectives identified Chesney, who is also known by the alias “Wop,” as the gunman who fatally shot Kevin K. King in the head and chest, according to court records. King, 39, died after an ambulance took him to University Hospitals.

A 60-year-old man in the home also suffered gunshot wounds to both legs, according to police reports. An ambulance took him to the same hospital for treatment.

Cleveland police officers were responding to a disturbance when a woman flagged them down to report the shooting. Officers learned multiple gunmen wearing ski masks barged into a home, according to a police report.

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