Arthur Breland was 54 when he was shot and killed at his home at 1058 Mercer Avenue in Akron, Ohio, on December 5, 1974. The shooting occurred at about 10 p.m.; Breland’s wife had been about to let the dogs out when someone knocked at the side door, and the person who entered then shot him inside the house.

The Akron Police Department investigated the incident, and the case remains an active cold case. The Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation continues to request tips and authorities have asked anyone with information to contact the Akron Police Department or submit a tip through the Ohio Attorney General’s Office to help identify the perpetrator and clarify a motive.

Does anyone have information about Arthur Breland, his home on Mercer Avenue in 1974, or the people who might have been in that neighborhood that night?