Wednesday, 05 September 2012 08:18

Police: Canton Man Shot, Killed in Akron Featured

Written by  Amani Abraham
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Authorities are investigating the death of a 37-year-old Canton man who was shot in Akron Tuesday night.

The Summit County Medical Examiner's Office reports Kevin Collier was shot by an unknown person while standing near the doorway of a home in the 1100 block of Brandon Avenue around 10 p.m.

Collier was taken to Akron City Hospital where he later died early Wednesday morning shortly before 1 a.m.

An autopsy is scheduled for today.

The Akron Police Department and the Summit County Medical Examiner's Office are investigating the shooting as a homicide.


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Amani Abraham

Amani Abraham

Amani Abraham is the morning web editor and also tracks morning drive traffic for 1590 WAKR, 97.5 WONE and 94.9 WQMX during weekday mornings and is a reporter/anchor. She's no stranger to AkronNewsNow.com, having worked as an intern with Rubber City Radio Group as a producer for the Daily Vodcast and other video projects.. Amani is a 2011 graduate with a Communications degree from the University of Akron, where she excelled in her work on the student radio station WZIP-FM and Z-TV, the University's television program. You can reach Amani through the newsroom 330-864-6397 or by email aabraham@rcrg.net

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