Derek L. Davis, 24, was fatally shot multiple times while seated in his vehicle in the University Park neighborhood of Akron on July 7, 2021. Police found him around 11:00 p.m.; he was later pronounced dead at Akron City Hospital at 12:16 a.m. the following morning. The Summit County Medical Examiner’s Office ruled the death a homicide.

Investigators recovered shell casings and other evidence at the scene, and the Akron Police Department continued working to identify suspects; no arrests were made immediately after the shooting. Three men—Khairi Moorer, Derek Edwards, and Robert Davis—were later arrested and charged with murder in connection to a separate Akron shooting, but it is unclear whether those arrests relate to Derek Davis’s killing. Derek’s family and friends remember him for his vibrant personality and continue to seek justice.

If anyone has information about what happened that night, please come forward.