Thomas E. Sams, a 34-year-old Akron resident, was killed in a shootout on the front porch of a home on Lakeland Avenue in Copley, Ohio, on March 17, 2017. The shooting took place about 6 p.m.; police responding to reports of gunfire found Sams lying on the porch with multiple gunshot wounds and he was pronounced dead at the scene. The other person involved, 41-year-old Delamon A. Marshall of Akron, was wounded and hospitalized.

Reports say the confrontation was reportedly over a woman and it is unclear who fired first. Marshall was later indicted on a first-degree felony charge of involuntary manslaughter in Summit County Common Pleas Court plus a weapons-under-disability felony; federal firearms charges were also filed against him. The shooting left Sams family and friends devastated and he is remembered fondly by loved ones.

Did anyone in the area witness the porch shooting or see either man shortly before 6 p.m. on March 17, 2017?