Eugene Justin Davis, 22, of Akron was shot in the back and killed on November 22, 2020, while lying in a front yard in the 600 block of Payne Avenue in Highland Square. The shooting happened about 8:30 p.m.; Davis was pronounced dead at the scene and the shooter fled before police arrived. No suspects were immediately identified that night.

Investigators later arrested 30-year-old Akron resident Darrie Moore; Moore’s address was the same location where Davis was shot. Police recovered a 9 mm pistol, an empty .45-caliber magazine, and drugs and paraphernalia at that address. Moore was already held on multiple felony drug charges, a weapons charge, and an escape charge when charged in connection with Davis’s death. Following a plea, Moore pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter with a firearm specification and to several related charges and was sentenced to prison.

Akron recorded 47 homicides in 2020, including Davis’s death. If anyone has information about the shooting on Payne Avenue on November 22, 2020, please come forward.