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Police ask for help identifying suspect in shooting in University of Akron parking lot

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The City of Akron and the University of Akron police are asking the public to provide any information related to a shooting reported overnight.

Officials say a white Chevrolet Cobalt with three people inside was in parking lot 5 at the corner of Brown and Wheeler Streets around 2:30 a.m.

The driver reportedly got out of the car, approached another vehicle and fired a single shot. Then the Cobalt left and drove west on Wheeler Street toward Grant Street.

The driver of the other vehicle is a non-UA student. He or she was taken to a nearby hospital with non-life threatening injuries.

Anyone with information about this incident is asked to call City of Akron police detectives at 330-375-2490.

Tips can also be submitted confidentially to police by texting CRIMES (274637) and beginning the message with the keyword ZIPTIP. Tips can also be submitted confidentially online to provide more detailed information, including images.