Myron Clayton Foster, 27, was found shot and killed in the driveway of a home in the 800 block of North Main Street in Akron’s North Hill neighborhood on July 17, 2021. The shooting occurred early that Saturday morning around 2:45 a.m.; Foster was pronounced dead at the scene. Shell casings and other evidence of a shooting were recovered in the area, and the Summit County Medical Examiner’s Office confirmed his identity and cause of death.

The Akron Police Department responded and opened an investigation but had not announced any arrests or identified suspects as of the following Monday. Foster’s death came amid a marked rise in homicides in Akron in 2021; by the time of this shooting the city had recorded 32 homicides that year, compared with 26 at the same point in 2020.

Anyone with information about what happened in the 800 block of North Main Street the night of July 17 is asked to contact the Akron Police Department.