An Akron man was shot in the leg on Wednesday afternoon, and police said the suspect is still on the loose.
AKRON , Ohio - An Akron man was shot in the leg on Wednesday afternoon, and police said the suspect is still on the loose.
According to a release from Akron Police, at around 5:17 p.m., officers responded to Hardesty Park for a reported shooting. When officers arrived, they found a 60-year-old man near the park pavilion with a gunshot wound to his left leg. Officers applied a tourniquet, and paramedics took him to the Cleveland Clinic Akron General for non-life-threatening injuries. The 60-year-old man told police that the suspect was yelling, cursing and causing a disturbance near the pavilion.
When he went up to the suspect and told him to stop, the suspect brandished a gun and shot him in the leg. The suspect was last seen wearing a black jacket and gray or dark colored shoes, with tattoos on both legs.1 dead, 1 injured in I-480 motorcycle crashNew townhomes in West Park marks first construction of its kind in 20 years71-year-old bus driver in Toledo charged for allegedly driving intoxicated with kids on board
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