Damere Boddie, 31, a Black male, was shot on the afternoon of October 15, 2025, in the 500 block of Mohawk Avenue in Akron. Officers responded after reports of gunfire around 1:55–2:00 p.m. and found him wounded; he was rushed to a local hospital, where he died shortly thereafter. The Summit County Medical Examiner later identified him by name, confirming the date and place of the killing.
Witness accounts collected by police indicated that multiple vehicles sped away from the scene in the moments after the shots were fired, with at least one suspected vehicle reportedly heading toward Case Avenue and Newton Street. Detectives from the Akron Police Department’s Major Crimes Unit and Crime Scene Unit processed the street and began canvassing for evidence and video as the neighborhood absorbed the chaos that followed the gunfire.
As of the initial investigative updates released on October 16, authorities had not announced any arrests or publicly described a suspect. Investigators asked anyone with information to contact the Akron Police Detective Bureau or submit anonymous tips through Summit County Crimestoppers or the department’s Tips411 app, underscoring that the case remained an active homicide investigation.
News of Boddie’s death was quickly noted on regional and national gun violence trackers, a stark entry that recorded his name, place, and date while the search for answers continued. The listings echoed the official accounts: a man cut down in daylight on a residential block, with detectives appealing to the public for leads as they worked to piece together the movements of the vehicles seen fleeing.
