Ontario Bradley was found shot in Akron’s Goodyear Heights neighborhood in the early morning hours of Saturday, May 31, 2025. Police were dispatched around 3:40–3:42 a.m. to the 600 block of Darrow Road, where officers discovered him with a gunshot wound; they provided emergency aid before he was transported to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
The Summit County Medical Examiner later identified him, and funeral notices recorded his date of birth as January 22, 2001, with services held in mid-June.
Detectives from Akron’s Major Crimes and Crime Scene units worked the case through the weekend. By Tuesday, June 3, 2025, police announced the arrest of 31-year-old Martinez Williams in connection with Bradley’s killing. Authorities said Williams was charged with murder and booked into the Summit County Jail. Public calls for tips accompanied the announcement as investigators continued to piece together what led to the gunfire along Darrow Road.
Memorial pages and local listings echoed the loss felt by family and friends while noting the date and place of death in Akron. Community gun-violence archives subsequently cataloged the case among the city’s 2025 homicides, summarizing the initial reports from local media and confirming the arrest update.
