A homicide investigation is underway after a 17-year-old boy was found dead near the basketball courts of the I PROMISE School in Akron, according to a release from the Summit County Medical Examiner and the Akron Police Department.
On Thursday at approximately 10:45 p.m., officers responded to a call about a fight in the parking lot of the I PROMISE School in the 400 block of West Market Street.
Police said that based on preliminary information, the victim was with a group of friends who pulled into the school parking lot. After arriving, the victim and his friends were involved in a fight with at least three other males who were already on the property playing basketball.After the incident, the friends who were with the victim rushed home and called 911, which led to police responding to the scene.