Ti’chara Y. Williams, 20, of Barberton, was found with a fatal gunshot wound on the 400 block of Stanton Avenue in South Akron in the early morning of October 27, 2025. Officers who were called to the street just after 5:30 a.m. discovered her; Akron Fire paramedics pronounced her dead at the scene. The Summit County Medical Examiner determined the cause of death as a gunshot wound to the torso.

Detectives from Akron’s Major Crimes and Crime Scene units processed the row of houses along Stanton Avenue, searching for shell casings, cameras, and witnesses. The call came at 5:35 a.m., and the scene was treated as a homicide from the start. By November 2, 2025, authorities had not announced any arrests or publicly identified a suspect and were asking anyone with information to contact the detective bureau or submit anonymous tips through hotlines and the department’s app.

Online tributes and a family fundraiser described Williams as a daughter remembered for her compassion. Does anyone who lived on or near Stanton Avenue that morning remember seeing or hearing anything that could help investigators?