Ernest Anderson Jr, a 17-year-old senior at East Community Learning Center in Akron, Ohio, was shot dead on January 11, 2017. He was found in a front yard with multiple gunshot wounds; the autopsy recorded gunshot injuries to the head and torso. A handgun was located near his body.

The shooting followed an argument that involved two other males. A 19-year-old suffered a non-life-threatening gunshot wound to the leg and was treated at a hospital. The second male fled before police arrived and has not been identified. The case remains unsolved and a reward has been offered for information leading to an arrest and conviction.

Ernest’s school and the Akron community described him as a promising young person whose life was cut short by violence. If anyone has information about the incident or the identity of the person who fled, please come forward.