Shooting at MANCHESTER ROAD AND LAKEMONT AVENUE on 08/09/2026 12:00 AM
Type: Shooting
Date: 08/09/2026 12:00 AM
Description: J'Air Bell, 19, found shot to death in a car; two suspects opened fire on the vehicle in the 700 block of Marie Ave around 2 p.m. Bell, a North High School football player, was pronounced dead at the scene from a gunshot wound to the head.
Address: MANCHESTER ROAD AND LAKEMONT AVENUE, Akron, OH
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