Patrick Boergert, 47, of Barberton, Ohio, was shot and killed on the night of February 23, 2024, while a passenger in a friend’s car at the Borders Drive Thru on South Arlington Street in Akron. The drive-thru clerk, 17-year-old Tyler Bartley, reached through the back window of the vehicle and shot Boergert in the torso. Boergert’s friend drove to the 800 block of East Wilbeth Road and called 911; officers administered first aid before Boergert was taken to Summa Health Akron City Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

Boergert, born in Cleveland and living in the Akron area for the five years before his death, was a father of seven and a grandfather of seven who enjoyed singing and volunteered at his church. The next day police arrested Bartley at a residence on the 1000 block of South Arlington Street and recovered a handgun and other evidence. Bartley was initially charged with felonious assault; after transfer to adult court the charges were upgraded to include murder, felony murder, two counts of felonious assault with firearm specifications, and tampering with evidence.

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