Officials say the city saw 25 murders in 2024, compared to 26 in 2023. That figure is still a sharp decline from the 2020 peak of 50 murders.

The Northern Ohio Violent Fugitive Task Force arrested a 24-year-old man Monday in Akron in connection to a 2016 shooting ...

He was also wanted for suspected violations of his parole by the Ohio Adult Parole Authority. In July 2016, a victim of a shooting was found in Akron in a stolen Jeep Liberty, according to the ...

But a special program in Summit County wants people to know that it is here for anyone who needs that extra help.

AKRON, Ohio WJW) — The president of the Akron Police Union is furious over recent comments from a councilman saying the city lawmaker called an officer involved in a police shooting a ...

AKRON, Ohio (WOIO) - Opening statements Wednesday in the trial for three people accused in the deadly shooting on I-77 in Green in August 2023. Jury selection began Jan. 3 for Sirvonte Suggs, Giovanni ...

Ohio — A 7-year-old boy is in serious but stable condition at an Akron hospital after sustaining a gunshot wound early Saturday morning, police said. Officers responded to the shooting at around ...

The number now totals 323 shootings, according to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, and 267 victims. In Ohio, the number of mass shootings increased from 16 in Sept. 2024 to 18 as of Dec. 17 ...

The Akron police officer who fatally shot 15-year-old Jazmir Tucker, Davon Fields, was previously involved in a fatal police shooting in 2022, according to Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation ...