Akron police are investigating the early morning shooting death of 29-year-old Devon M. Anderson of Caddo Avenue on Thursday. Anderson was discovered in a car with New Jersey plates behind a house in the 100 block of Edwards Avenue shortly after midnight. Officers responded to a shots fired call and found the victim inside of a running car, in the driveway.
The victim and vehicle were shot multiple times.
Neighbors said they heard six to eight shots around midnight and called 911.
The victim was pronounced dead by the Summit County Medical Examiner’s Office. The autopsy was completed and the cause of death was a gunshot wound to the torso.
It is the third homicide in Akron in the last four days and the 24th in 2015. There were 23 homicides in Akron in 2014.