Zion Neal, 19, of Akron, Ohio, was shot multiple times at the Akron Skate Park in Ellet near Akron Fulton Airport on December 12, 2022. He was taken by private vehicle to Summa Barberton Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. Zion was a high school senior, a choir singer, had recently started working at Amazon, and was remembered by family as loving, goofy, and close to his nieces and siblings.

Akron police investigated the shooting and determined Zion had been with a group at the skate park when the attack occurred; the vehicle that dropped him at the hospital left before officers could intervene. On January 16, 2023, two men, Julian Fort, 24, and Nathan Hendrix, 23, were arrested and charged with murder and multiple counts of aggravated robbery; the arrests were made without incident and both were booked into the Summit County Jail. Summit County Crimestoppers has offered up to $5,000 for information leading to an arrest and indictment in the homicide.

Zion’s family has been vocal in seeking justice and continues to ask anyone with information to come forward.