The Akron Police Department is investigating a triple shooting that left a 17-year-old boy dead and two others injured.
The shooting happened at 9:30 p.m. Sunday in the 2500 block of Romig Road at Versified Expressions Poetry Cafe.
When police arrived, they learned there was a verbal altercation with a group of people during a rap performance.
The fight carried over into the parking lot where several shots were fired, Captain Michael Miller said.
Anthony Elliott, 17, and a 23-year-old woman were transported to Akron General Medical Center. The teen was pronounced dead at the hospital.
Elliott was a senior at Lincoln West School of Global Studies in Cleveland.
The district released the following statement on his death:
"CMSD is working with school leaders to provide grief support to the staff and students at Lincoln West."
The 23-year-old is in stable condition with non-life-threatening injuries, Miller said.
A short time after the shooting, a 32-year-old man showed up at Summa Health Center Akron City Hospital with a gunshot wound believed to be from the same incident. His injuries are also believed to be non-life-threatening.
According to police, all of the victims were from Cleveland.
