WATCH LIVE: Akron police give update on shooting that left two dead inside a home on Ritchie Avenue.
Officers responded at 2:34 a.m. to multiple 911 calls about a 21-year-old man armed with a gun inside a home in the 500 block of Ritchie Avenue. Police said the caller told dispatch that the man was inside the house screaming and pointing a gun at the occupants of the home.
Officers stood just outside the side door of the home and gave the 21-year-old man numerous commands to drop the gun, according to Akron Police Chief Stephen Mylett at a news conference Tuesday morning. The 21-year-old man refused and appeared just inside the door of the home at the top of the stairs with a gun.
The SWAT team deployed a robot, which found the 21-year-old man and the 38-year-old man dead inside the living room.Mylett said it appeared the 38-year-old man was a victim of a homicide. Mylett said evidence inside the home suggests that shots were fired in the home after officers fired their weapons at the 21-year-old man.
The two individuals who walked outside the home upon officers' arrival and the 38-year-old male were brothers. The 21-year-old was known to them, Mylett said.