The boil water advisory for West Akron in and around the Highland Square area was formally lifted Saturday afternoon. The ...

Akron police responded to a reported shooting in the 200 block of Cole Avenue around 5 p.m. and found a 20-year-old man on a porch with an apparent gunshot wound to the head.

Derail Whisenant, 24, of Akron also died in the shooting. In 2022, the shooter, Dreshawn Shephard, pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter with a three-year gun specification, felonious assault and a ...

AKRON, Ohio - A 35-year-old man died early Sunday morning after being shot multiple times at a bar at 1306 Brittain Road. The identify of the victim, who was found at the bar by Akron police just ...

Following the officer-involved shooting on Ira Ave. on Monday, Mayor Malik has issued a statement regarding the fatal incident. According to the City of Akron's official news release, 39-year-old ...

Yesterday morning, as officers were responding to a stolen vehicle call, they were fired upon several times by a suspect who has now been identified as 39-year-old Marcus Smith. Three responding ...

AKRON, Ohio — The Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation (BCI) is investigating after a man has died following a shooting incident involving Akron police. According to officials, the shooting ...

Outrage has mounted following the fatal Thanksgiving night shooting of 15-year-old Jazmir Tucker by police in Akron, Ohio. According to a police statement, per Fox 8, two officers were in their ...

Bodycam footage released by the mayor and police chief of an Ohio city, where police killed a 15-year-old boy on Thanksgiving night, offers little clarity on the events leading up to the officer-in… ...

Akron Police Face Questions After Officer Fatally Shoots Teenager The Ohio city’s mayor and the family of the 15-year-old, Jazmir Tucker, raised concerns about how officers handled the incident.

Video footage released raises many more questions about the shooting death a teenage boy in Akron. The city of Akron has released the bodycam footage from a Thanksgiving police-involved shooting ...