The Beacon Journal tracks reported homicides in the city so far this year, including victim details and the latest updates from police investigations.

Body camera footage from the fatal police shooting of 15-year-old Akron resident Jazmir Tucker has left his loved ones "with more questions than answers," an attorney for the teen's family said Friday ...

A 36-year-old man was found shot to death at an Akron intersection early Friday morning. Akron police officers and EMS were ...

An investigation is underway into the death of a 33-year-old man found shot to death in an Akron residence.

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 ...

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 Akron Zoo is mourning the death of a 20-year-old male lion known as Tamarr. “Over the last few days, Tamarr’s health made a sharp decline, and the difficult decision was made to ...

A man was found shot to death in the road early Friday morning.

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.