CLEVELAND, Ohio - Investigations continue Sunday after three people were killed within 24 hours on the city's East Side.

Two of the homicides are confirmed shooting deaths, while the third body was found burning in a rubbish fire Saturday evening, Cleveland police Sgt. Jennifer Ciaccia said Sunday.

The first homicide took place about 4 a.m. Saturday at Priceless Consignment Boutique, near the intersection of East 141st Street and St. Clair Avenue in Cleveland's South Collinwood neighborhood, Ciaccia said.

Two men - the store's 27-year-old owner and his 55-year-old uncle - were working inside the shop when three men burst through the door and began shooting, Ciaccia said. The incident may have been an attempted robbery, though police do not know if anything was taken from the store.

The 27-year-old man was shot in the face and taken to University Hospitals, where he died. His uncle was taken to Cleveland Clinic after suffering chest pains, Ciaccia said.

The three accused robbers have not been identified, and no arrests have been made.

Later in the day, Cleveland police were called to a rubbish fire on the 9100 block of Laisy Avenue, situated between Union Avenue and Kinsman Road in the city's Kinsman neighborhood, Ciaccia said. While putting out the fire around 7 p.m., Cleveland fire crews discovered a body in the fire.

While the victim's identity and cause of death have not yet been determined, Cleveland police homicide detectives are investigating the case.

The third homicide within the 24-hour period happened about 3:30 a.m. Sunday on the 10200 block of Lamontier Avenue in the city's Buckeye-Woodhill neighborhood, Ciaccia said.

A 32-year-old man was found dead at the scene of the shooting with a gunshot wound to his face. During their preliminary investigation, detectives learned that the shooting was connected to a "dice game gone bad," Ciaccia said.

A 35-year-old man was arrested in Shaker Heights a short time later, Ciaccia said, though he has not been charged in the death as of Sunday morning, court records show.

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