Mar’Viyah Mar Mar Jones was 6 years old when she was struck by gunfire while sitting inside an SUV near Copley Road and Orlando Avenue in Akron on September 10, 2020. Two men, identified as Marqualle Clinkscales and Corey Jemison, exchanged gunfire near a car wash parking lot; a witness reported hearing eight to ten shots. Mar’Viyah was one of six children and two adults in the vehicle. She was taken to Akron Children’s Hospital and died of her injuries two weeks later, according to the Summit County Medical Examiner’s Office.

Both men involved in the shooting were arrested and charged in connection with the incident; charges listed included murder and, in separate counts, felonious assault, possession of drugs, receiving stolen property, and multiple counts of endangering children. The case prompted public expressions of grief from the mayor and community leaders and renewed calls to address gun violence that puts innocent children at risk.

If anyone has information about the shooting or Mar’Viyah’s final hours, please come forward to help the investigation.