Beacon Journal staff report
AKRON: Detectives arrested Jovonte A. Veal, 21, of Copley Road in Akron, on murder charges in the recent shooting death of Jaleel Jovon Woods, 19, of Endicott Drive.
At about 1:30 a.m. last Sunday morning, a passerby found Woods’ body on the side of the roadway at the intersection of Cordova and Courtland avenues. Woods suffered a fatal gunshot wound to the head.
Jovonte Veal was taken into custody shortly after 9 p.m. Thursday night. He was booked into the Summit County Jail.