Jarriel Hitchcock was 22 when he was shot and killed while driving in Akron, Ohio, on June 18, 2006. The shooting happened at about 4:30 p.m. as he drove near the intersection of Bellevue Avenue and Magennis Avenue in Summit County. The gunfire caused his vehicle to crash into a telephone pole; officers who arrived found him deceased at the scene.

The case remains unsolved. The Akron Police Department, working with the Ohio Attorney General’s Office and the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation, is appealing for public help and asking for any information, including anonymous tips, that could lead to an arrest and give Jarriel’s family some closure. If anyone has information about the shooting or Jarriel’s movements that afternoon, please come forward.