Akron Police are investigating after a 19-year-old man was shot and killed Sunday afternoon.
Officers were called to the area of Lakemont Avenue and Manchester Road for a reported shooting around 2 p.m.
When they arrived, they found a man who had a gunshot wound to the head. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
According to the Summit County Medical Examiner's Office, the man has been identified as 19-year-old J’Air L Bell, of Akron.
According to police, a preliminary investigation revealed the man was a passenger inside a vehicle in the 700 block of Marie Avenue when two people opened fire on the vehicle.
The driver, a 17-year-old male, was not injured and left the scene before police arrived.
Anyone with information about the shooting is asked to call Akron Police at 330-375-2490.
