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By Carl Chancellor Beacon Journal staff writer
POSTED: 04:46 p.m. EDT, Jul 04, 2008
A warrant for aggravated murder has been issued for a 27- year-old suspect in the shooting death of another man at a West Akron gas station this morning.
Police are looking for Courtland J. Wright of Akron, said Lt. Rick Edwards, Akron police spokesman. He said Wright, who stands just under 6 feet and weighs about 190 pounds, should be considered armed and dangerous.
At 11:07 a.m. today, police received a 911 call about a shooting at the Circle K gas station, 440 W. Market St., near Oakdale Avenue.
Edwards said the victim, a 62-year-old Akron man, was found sprawled and unresponsive on the ground near the gas pumps.
''There was some sort of altercation and several shots were fired,'' Edwards said. He said it appeared that the victim was shot at least once in the head.
According to an eyewitnesses on a recorded 911 call, the shooter was wearing a light blue T-shirt and black shorts.
He ran from the scene east down Market Street and cut through the McDonald's parking lot immediately after the shooting.
Edwards said witnesses indicated that the shooter emerged from the store and confronted the victim in the parking lot. Words were exchanged and multiple shots were fired.
It isn't clear whether both the shooter and the victim had guns and fired at one another. However, one of the two callers on the 911 tape said, ''Oh, my god, somebody is shot in the parking lot of the gas station. . . .I heard the gunshot and he's laying here in the parking lot. He's got a gun beside him.''
When police arrived about three minutes after the 911 call, the victim was dead, Edwards said.
''There is no motive at this time,'' Edwards said. He said the identity of the victim was being withheld until his family was notified.
Police identified Wright from pictures taken by the gas station's security camera.
Anyone with information about the whereabouts of Wright is asked to call Akron detectives at 330-375-2490.
This afternoon, onlookers stood behind the plastic yellow police tape and stared at the pool of blood near pump No. 1 while police were busy recovering evidence.
Officers dug for bullets that may have been lodged in one of several beams supporting the canopy covering the pump area. Police also searched a plastic waste container near the first gas pump.
About 1 p.m., a firetruck pulled in front of the gas station. Two firemen with a hose ducked under the yellow tape barrier and sprayed down the drying blood. In less than five minutes, the only remaining evidence of the violence that had played out just two hours earlier vanished in a stream of dirty water down a sewer grate.
A warrant for aggravated murder has been issued for a 27- year-old suspect in the shooting death of another man at a West Akron gas station this morning.
Police are looking for Courtland J. Wright of Akron, said Lt. Rick Edwards, Akron police spokesman. He said Wright, who stands just under 6 feet and weighs about 190 pounds, should be considered armed and dangerous.
At 11:07 a.m. today, police received a 911 call about a shooting at the Circle K gas station, 440 W. Market St., near Oakdale Avenue.
Edwards said the victim, a 62-year-old Akron man, was found sprawled and unresponsive on the ground near the gas pumps.
''There was some sort of altercation and several shots were fired,'' Edwards said. He said it appeared that the victim was shot at least once in the head.
According to an eyewitnesses on a recorded 911 call, the shooter was wearing a light blue T-shirt and black shorts.
He ran from the scene east down Market Street and cut through the McDonald's parking lot immediately after the shooting.
Edwards said witnesses indicated that the shooter emerged from the store and confronted the victim in the parking lot. Words were exchanged and multiple shots were fired.
It isn't clear whether both the shooter and the victim had guns and fired at one another. However, one of the two callers on the 911 tape said, ''Oh, my god, somebody is shot in the parking lot of the gas station. . . .I heard the gunshot and he's laying here in the parking lot. He's got a gun beside him.''
When police arrived about three minutes after the 911 call, the victim was dead, Edwards said.
''There is no motive at this time,'' Edwards said. He said the identity of the victim was being withheld until his family was notified.
Police identified Wright from pictures taken by the gas station's security camera.
Anyone with information about the whereabouts of Wright is asked to call Akron detectives at 330-375-2490.
This afternoon, onlookers stood behind the plastic yellow police tape and stared at the pool of blood near pump No. 1 while police were busy recovering evidence.
Officers dug for bullets that may have been lodged in one of several beams supporting the canopy covering the pump area. Police also searched a plastic waste container near the first gas pump.
About 1 p.m., a firetruck pulled in front of the gas station. Two firemen with a hose ducked under the yellow tape barrier and sprayed down the drying blood. In less than five minutes, the only remaining evidence of the violence that had played out just two hours earlier vanished in a stream of dirty water down a sewer grate.
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