Derrick Eldon Wilkes, 62, of Akron was shot inside his Copley Road apartment on September 25, 2022, around 12:50 p.m. He was taken to Cleveland Clinic Akron General but died shortly afterward. An autopsy listed the cause of death as a gunshot wound to the torso and the manner of death as homicide.

Akron police opened an investigation into the shooting. On January 10, 2023, 21-year-old Teion Thompson, an Akron resident from the same neighborhood, was charged with murder and arraigned; Thompson was being held in the Summit County Jail. Authorities say the investigation remains active and have asked anyone with information to come forward.

Wilkes leaves family and friends who are mourning his loss. Does anyone in the Akron area have information about what happened that afternoon or saw activity near Copley Road on September 25, 2022?