AKRON, Ohio – Police are investigating the fatal shooting of a 62-year-old man who was shot on Sunday.
Derrick Eldon Wilkes, 62, of Akron was shot around 12:50 p.m. inside an apartment in the 800 block of Copley Road, near Madison Avenue, according to police and the Summit County Medical Examiner’s Office. Officers found Wilkes unresponsive with a gunshot wound to his torso.
Wilkes was transported to Cleveland Clinic Akron General Medical Center. He was pronounced dead at 1:02 p.m.
Police have not made any arrests, or identified any suspects in connection to the shooting.
Anyone with additional information is encouraged to contact the Akron Police Department Bureau at 330-375-2490.