Akron News

25/05/2022

Two children were killed in a fire at an Akron home on 7th Avenue Monday night, according to a news release from the Akron Fire Department.

05/05/2022

AKRON, Ohio (WJW) – Akron police are investigating after a shooting on the city’s east side that left a teen seriously injured. It happened around 2:40 p.m. Tuesday in the 1100 block of…

21/04/2022

Motorist drives into fresh concrete after driving around barriers at Dart Avenue/Vernon Odom Boulevard intersection

19/04/2022

“The 21-year-old Akron woman shot in the head while riding in a car on April 14 died from her injuries on April 18.

The Summit County Medical Examiner identified the victim as Teyaurra Harris.

Akron police said Harris inside a vehicle that was caught in the crossfire around 7:30 p.m. in the area of 1400 Rockaway Street.”

Akron police said Teyaurra Harris inside a vehicle that was caught in the crossfire on Rockaway Street.

19/04/2022

Power Outage East Akron.⚡️Est. Restoration Time: 1 AM.

29/03/2022

The Red Cross was called to the scene to help a displaced resident.

29/03/2022

A homeowner shot a teen who allegedly forced his way into his home on Johnston Street in Akron, police said.

10/03/2022

Police presence increased after Copley High School ‘vague and unsubstantiated threat’

https://www.clevelandjewishnews.com/news/local_news/police-presence-increased-after-copley-high-school-vague-and-unsubstantiated-threat/article_ce232038-9feb-11ec-9e59-53b1c430701d.amp.html

28/02/2022

🔹Proud Boys Leader Yells Racist Slurs Before Attacking Black Woman🔹(Full Story Below)
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Andrew Walls, 26, was slapped with weapons and assault charges after he was seen on video sucker-punching a woman outside a bar in Akron, Ohio.
🔷 Full Story : https://www.huffpost.com/entry/andrew-walls-proud-boys-assault-video_n_621c87a3e4b0afc668c2eda2/amp

22/02/2022

Officer Involved Shooting

At approximately 2:43 this morning, patrol officers responded to multiple 911 calls about a male with a gun at a residence in the 500 block of Ritchie Avenue. According to the caller, a male inside the house had been screaming and pointing a gun at occupants of the home.

When officers arrived on scene, they could hear yelling coming from inside the house. Moments later, two occupants of the home exited, and officers learned that there was at least one additional person inside with the suspect.

Officers stood outside the side door and gave the suspect numerous verbal commands to drop the gun he was holding. The suspect refused these commands and appeared at the top of the stairs brandishing the gun. Two officers discharged their fi****ms and then the suspect retreated into the residence. It was not initially clear if the suspect or the other individual were struck or injured.

Due to the uncertainty and ongoing threat posed by the suspect, officers established a perimeter. The Akron SWAT Team was mobilized and responded to the scene. Once SWAT arrived, they immediately began trying to establish communication with the occupants of the residence. Efforts to make contact with the occupants inside the house were not successful.

At that point, the SWAT Team entered the home and discovered two male subjects, 21 and 38-years-old, in the living room deceased.

Summit County Medical Examiner’s Office will conduct autopsies. The decedents’ names are being withheld pending positive identification and family notification.

The two officers involved in this incident have just over two years’ experience with the Akron Police Department. Per department policy, both officers were immediately placed on paid administrative leave pending the results of an investigation.

The ongoing investigation will be conducted by members of the APD Major Crimes Unit, assisted by the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigations. At the completion of the investigation, the case will be turned over to the Ohio Attorney General’s Office for review before being submitted to the Summit County Grand Jury for evaluation.

A separate internal investigation will be conducted by the APD Office of Professional Standards and Accountability. The results of the internal investigation will be submitted to the police chief and the City of Akron Police Auditor for review.

The incident remains under investigation

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11/02/2022

One man dead, another wounded in West Akron shooting Thursday afternoon

A 29-year-old male was pronounced dead at the scene and a 37-year-old man was hospitalized following a shooting in the 1000 block of Yukon Avenue Thursday.

08/02/2022

Akron Police are looking for the person who stole $1700 worth of merchandise from the Dick's Sporting Goods store on Howe Road.   Security camera caught the suspect forcing open an emergency exit door at the rear of the building.    

03/02/2022

All Acme Fresh Market in the greater Akron area will close at 6 p.m. due to the winter weather brought on by Winter Storm Landon.

01/02/2022

Aggravated Murder - APD Report #: 2022-00012699
Per Cleveland 19 News: https://www.cleveland19.com/2022/02/01/akron-domestic-related-shooting-kills-woman-critically-injures-man/
"Akron Police confirmed a domestic-related shooting killed a 43-year-old woman and critically injured a 39-year-old man on Friday afternoon.

The shooting happened outside a home in the 2300 block of Edwin Avenue on Jan. 31, Akron Public Information Officer Lt. Michael Miller said.

Officers responded to the home around 4 p.m. and found the victim in the driveway with an apparent gunshot wound, Miller said.

She was taken to Cleveland Clinic Akron General Medical Center where she was pronounced dead, according to Miller.

Her name has not yet been released.

Miller said the man was found near the driveway with a gunshot wound to the head.

He was also taken to Cleveland Clinic Akron General Medical Center where is listed in critical condition with life-threatening injuries, according to Miller."

31/01/2022

Rough month for Akron.

A homicide investigation is underway after a 26-year-old man was shot to death in Akron Saturday night, according to the Summit County Medical Examiner’s Office.

25/01/2022

“Officers responded around 3:30 p.m. on Jan. 21 to Children’s Hospital where a 2-year-old boy with a gunshot wound to his stomach had been brought in by his mother.

The child was treated for his injuries and was in critical but stable condition, according to Miller.

“Officers determined that the shooting, believed to b accidental, happened inside a home in the 500 block of Koerber Avenue”

Officers “found evidence of a crime inside the home.” Detectives obtained a search warrant and found a gun and other evidence, not specified in the news release, inside the home.

Four other children were found inside the home. The kids, ranging in ages from 6-months-old to 13-years-old, were unharmed, police said.

Police said all the children who were at home at the time of the shooting were turned over to the Summit County Children Services.

The shooting remains under investigation and the exact circumstances involving the incident remain unknown at this time. Police have not said who owns the gun or who pulled the trigger.

Charges are likely pending the outcome of the investigation.”

A 2-year-old boy was injured during a shooting in Akron’s Kenmore neighborhood Friday afternoon, the Akron Police Department confirmed Monday.

21/01/2022

Akron Mayor’s Office Responds After Drawing Criticism for Snow-Covered Streets

Wednesday, the city of Akron provided The Ohio Star with an update on the conditions of its streets after some residents found themselves unable to leave their homes three days after Sunday's winter storm.

14/01/2022

⭐️ Positive News ⭐️ : Akron siblings become first responders to serve their community

Growing up in Akron, Trumaine, Truvonte and Tia Riley learned the importance of giving back to their community from their parents who volunteered their time organizing p*e wee football games and cheerleading events at Patterson Park.

12/01/2022

Dozens of cremated remains found in vacant Akron church

Investigators say the ashes of 91 people, including 12 children, were found stored in boxes inside the vacant church building.

Investigators say the ashes of 91 people, including 12 children, were found stored in boxes inside the vacant church building.

11/01/2022

Police arrested four teenagers Monday afternoon after officers said they witnessed the suspects shooting into an occupied East Akron home.

06/01/2022

What started out as a routine trip to a grocery store turned into a terrifying ordeal after multiple bullets were fired into a car, injuring an Akron mother and her teenage daughter.

03/01/2022

Shooting Reported at Churches Chicken S. Main St.
Source: Akron, Ohio: News,Crime,and Murder (uncensored)

31/12/2021

Shooting reported on Shaker Dr. - Akron around 4:30 PM.
Source: https://www.facebook.com/groups/474077309458128

30/12/2021

Police said the armed robbery suspect's shirt may have included the words “LIE, CHEAT, STEAL.”

29/12/2021

Large Fire Downtown Akron - W. Exchange St.
Several Units on Scene.

20/12/2021

AKRON, Ohio (WJW) – The Akron Police Department is looking for suspects in an attack on a man who was sleeping downtown Friday. Police say around 7:30 a.m., someone called police about the man who …

15/12/2021

The Cleveland Clinic announced Tuesday that it is nearing hospital bed capacity due to the sheer number of unvaccinated individuals contracting COVID-19.

15/12/2021

xAKRON, Ohio (WJW) — Akron police have investigated the theft of all kinds of valuables over the years, but for the first time in anyone’s memory, detectives are trying to find out who stole a bridge.

At one time, the pedestrian bridge was along the Little Cuyahoga River in Middlebury Run Park, which sits in the shadow of Goodyear World Headquarters on Akron’s East End.

However, the complete 58-foot long span was removed from the park as part of a wetlands restoration project and moved to a field along Seiberling Street.

The city of Akron had hoped to repurpose the $40,000 bridge, but on Nov. 11, police were notified that the bridge had been stolen.

There are tracks in the field, that show where the thieves drove their truck or trucks. Investigators say they are not sure what the crooks plan to do with the bridge.

“It could be used for a variety of different things to include as simple as landscaping or they could use it for some other engineering project, some other large scale project,” said. Lt. Mike Miller.

Investigators describe the bridge as a large Lego or erector set, that would be relatively easy to take apart.

“The bridge is almost all polymer I’m told and really just connected by some bolts, so if you have any equipment, sockets or anything of that nature, it wouldn’t have been very difficult at all to start the process of disassembling that,” Lt. Miller said.

Detectives say the theft of the bridge was actually done in phases, beginning on Nov. 3, when the thieves cleared the brush around the span and then removed all of the deck boards from the structure.

Authorities have concluded the bridge has little recycling value, so their best guess is that the suspects are looking for someone in the market for a complete pedestrian bridge or the components of the bridge.

“Someone in the viewing area has access to some information that we need and this is the ‘whodunit’ where we really need the community’s help to point us in the right direction to find the people responsible for removing that bridge,” Lt. Miller said.

Anyone with information about the theft of the bridge is asked to call Akron police detectives at 330-375-2490.

AKRON, Ohio (WJW) — Akron police have investigated the theft of all kinds of valuables over the years, but for the first time in anyone’s memory, detectives are trying to find out who stole a…

10/12/2021

Akron General Hospital has had a refrigerated trailer since last Friday to help out when the morgue becomes full.

08/12/2021

AKRON, Ohio (WJW) – The Akron Police Department arrested two people wanted in an armed robbery of a pharmacy. Police say two suspects, one of them armed, demanded drugs from the pharmacist at the C…