Overview
- The Summit County medical examiner identified the victim as 18-year-old Elijah Wells of Akron, who died from multiple gunshot wounds days after the Nov. 2 shooting.
- Bath Township police are leading a multi-agency investigation with Ohio BCI, and Boardman police assisted after investigators linked a suspect to an earlier party in Boardman.
- Officers recovered shell casings from four different guns at 933 Top-O-Hill Drive, and body-camera footage captured an officer estimating there were likely hundreds inside.
- Nine youths were injured in total; police report six have been released from hospitals and two remain hospitalized.
- Airbnb removed the renter’s account following the incident, township leaders urged residents to report illegal short-term rentals, and the victim’s mother hired an attorney seeking accountability from the shooters, the homeowner and the platform.