Akron saw fewer murders in 2025, but shootings continue to dominate homicide cases despite improved solve rates.

The married couple found dead in their Akron home have been identified in what the medical examiner confirmed was a murder-suicide.

The death of a 29-year-old man is being investigated by the Summit County Medical Examiner and the Akron Police Department.

Ethan Liming was found beaten to death in the parking lot of the I Promise School in Akron in June 2022. Police said Ethan, 17, and his friends shot toy gel pellet guns at three males playing ...

The Akron Police Department is investigating a double homicide that happened Tuesday that left a married couple dead.

AKRON, Ohio (WOIO) - An Akron Municipal Court judge ruled Thursday morning that one of the two siblings charged in the Akron shooting death of a 24-year-old woman will be held on a $1 million bond. 25 ...

AKRON, Ohio — The family of Jazmir Tucker has filed a wrongful death suit against both the city of Akron and multiple members of the police department, nearly a year after the 15-year-old was shot and ...

AKRON, Ohio — Several months after an Akron teenager was shot and killed by police on Thanksgiving night, his family and the community gathered Tuesday to commemorate what would have been his 16th ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio – The Akron police officer who killed a teenager on Thanksgiving fatally shot a man holding a gun during a standoff in 2022, according to records and interviews. Officer Davon Fields, ...

AKRON, Ohio — The scene Thursday outside the Summit County Courthouse has become a familiar one in Akron: Protesters gather, seeking repercussions for officers who shot Black men in the line of duty.