Na’Kia Crawford was an 18-year-old recent North High School graduate from Akron who was fatally shot on June 14, 2020, while riding in a car with her grandmother. Crawford was taken to Akron City Hospital, where she died of multiple gunshot wounds.

Police initially treated the shooting as mistaken identity and circulated a photo of a newer-model black car they believed was involved, possibly a Chevrolet Camaro. No arrests were announced immediately. The investigation later led to the arrest of Adarus Black in February 2022; he was charged in the killing, tried, convicted of murder with a gun specification and sentenced to life with parole possible after 18 years. Reports say another man, Jaion Bivins, who has since died, was believed to have been in the car with Black.

Crawford had planned to study computer science at Central State University and was remembered as kind, caring, and smart. If anyone knew Na’Kia, saw a black Camaro in Akron on June 14, 2020, or has information relevant to the case, please come forward.