Walter Matthews III, 23, of Akron was shot and killed on June 3, 2019 after an altercation outside a store at West South Street and Princeton Avenue. Matthews was with his girlfriend when Eugene Wells, 27, also of Akron, approached and pulled a gun, firing multiple times. Matthews died shortly after at Akron General Hospital.

Wells fled the area and was arrested about a month later in West Virginia by U.S. Marshals. He was charged with two counts of murder with gun specifications, felonious assault with a gun specification, and having weapons under disability. The shooting devastated the local community and left Matthews family and friends grieving.