J.W. James, 69, was shot in the head when someone fired multiple shots through the front two windows of his apartment on East 81st Street at Golden Avenue Saturday morning, Cleveland police said.

(Cory Shaffer, cleveland.com)

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- A 69-year-old man standing in his bedroom was shot dead Saturday morning when someone fired about 10 shots through the front windows of his apartment, police said.

J.W. James was found dead inside his bedroom at a duplex on East 81st Street in Cleveland's Fairfax neighborhood, the Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner's Office said.

James's roommate heard several gunshots about 5:30 a.m. Saturday, police said. He told investigators that he didn't see the shooters, and fell back asleep after the gunfire stopped, police said.

He woke up about 8 a.m. and found James was shot in the head. He was pronounced dead at the scene, police said.

At least nine bullet holes could be seen in the front two windows of James' apartment on Sunday morning.

James' death came at the end of a 24-hour span that saw five homicides reported, the deadliest span one-day span in the city so far this year.

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