Devonte Henri Owen Taylor, a 21-year-old African American man, was shot and killed on May 24, 2014, in Akron, Ohio. The shooting took place on the sidewalk in the 600 block of Schiller Avenue near Taylor’s apartment after an argument with 23-year-old Darnell Secession. Secession allegedly pulled out a gun and shot Taylor twice. Taylor was taken to Akron City Hospital and pronounced dead.

Darnell Secession was arrested and charged with voluntary manslaughter and a firearms offense. In October 2014 Secession pled guilty and was sentenced to 14 years in prison by Summit County Common Pleas Judge Amy Corrigal Jones. Taylor’s family and the Akron community remembered him as kind-hearted and passionate about music; his death prompted local attention to gun violence and conflict resolution.

If anyone knew Devonte, his routines, or witnessed the events on Schiller Avenue that day, please share what you know.