Updated: 10:18 PM EDT July 8, 2021
AKRON, Ohio U.S. Marshals have arrested a 19-year-old suspect wanted for murder out-of-state, but not before a dangerous series of events in Akron.
Authorities say Dekotis Thomas shot and killed Kevin KJ Taylor back on April 7 in Charleston, West Virginia, and on Thursday morning members of the Marshal s Northern Ohio Violent Fugitive Task Force were able to trace Thomas whereabouts to a home on the 600 block of Glendora Avenue on Akron s west side. As Marshals and city police officers approached the house, Thomas apparently told them he had a gun, and a more than two-hour standoff ensued.
Updated: 4:49 PM EST January 21, 2021
LORAIN, Ohio The United States Marshals Service has arrested a shooting suspect within hours of the alleged crime.
Authorities claim 25-year-old Luiz Roman was riding a bicycle Wednesday evening near Washington Avenue when he fired a gun into a moving car before fleeing the scene. An unidentified male victim inside the car was shot in the head, and his condition is unknown at this time.
Acting with the Lorain Police Department, members of the Marshals Northern Ohio Violent Fugitive Task Force located Roman inside a home on East 29th Street in Lorain. He was taken into custody without incident.