Officials in the OH city said suspect Steve Stephens, 37, shot his 74-year old victim Robert Godwin Sr at random on Easter Sunday, in cold blood.
Image: Robert Godwin Sr with one of his children.
But Stephens remained at large as the search for him expanded nationwide, police said.
"He could be nearby".
Appearing alongside a USA marshal and an Federal Bureau of Investigation agent, Williams said investigators have searched dozens of locations, "to no avail", and that one of his detectives had spoken to Stephens via cellphone after the killing.
Police in Philadelphia say schools have been locked down as they investigate reported sightings of the suspect in an apparently random killing in Cleveland. He filed for bankruptcy two years ago.
Based on Facebook's own data, the man posted the first video admitting his intent to murder Godwin at 11.09AM PDT, shortly followed by the second video of the murder and ending at 11.27AM PDT.
"It feels like my heart is going to stop", the woman said.
"Each one of us forgives the killer, the murderer", Godwin's daughter, Tonya Godwin-Baines said Monday.
"He didn't deserve to just be picked out randomly", Debbie Godwin said. "That's all he was doing".
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She said her father, who had 10 children, was a gentle man with nothing mean about him.
He warned any of Stephens' friends or family members who might assist him while he's on the lam: "If you think you're helping Steve, you're really not". They hugged and comforted each other, while urging an end to the violence on their city streets. He told her he was "shooting people" because he was "mad with his girlfriend" of about three years, she said, explaining it was a brief phone call because her phone died.
Police said Godwin was not acquainted with Stephens.
The suspect then pointed a gun at Godwin, who shielded his face with the plastic bag.
Lane, in a text message to CBS News commenting on the shooting, said she was "sorry that all of this has happened".
"It can therefore disturb me internally have an affect on my sleep, have an affect on my sense of safety, have an affect on my overall general feeling about the world". She said Stephens was "a nice guy" who was generous to everyone.
Now, in an effort to explain why it took so long for the video to be removed, Facebook has issued a timeline of events for the murder claiming the first flag was raised by a user almost two hours after it was posted. At 11:22, Stephens confessed to Godwin's murder while using Facebook Live and was livestreaming for 5 minutes, according to Facebook. Police said they have received "dozens and dozens" of tips about the possible location of the suspect, Steve Stephens, and tried to convince him to turn himself in when they spoke with him on his cellphone on Sunday after the shooting.
The suspect is a member of the assertive community treatment team at Beech Brook, a mental health organization in northeast OH, according to an ABC News report. He helped them gain job skills and find employment, said Beech Brook spokeswoman Nancy Kortemeyer. The behavioral health agency where he worked said an extensive background check before he was hired turned up nothing worrisome.
Stephens filed for bankruptcy in January 2015.
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