The Summit County Medical Examiner's Office has identified the 27-year-old man killed during a street party shooting in Akron Sunday morning.
The man has been identified as Lateris Cook of Akron.
The shooting left 26 others injured, with two in critical condition.
Cook's stepmother, Kalandra Snow, said Cook has four children and another baby on the way, and the family is in disbelief over his tragic death.
"I'm gonna be honest. I haven't accepted it yet. I don't think any of us have really accepted it yet because we haven't seen him," Snow said.
Snow said Cook just went to the street birthday party to have fun.
"We don't know what happened to our son exactly except for he was murdered yesterday at a party," she said.
In a news release Monday, Akron police said they were working around the clock, sifting through evidence and conducting neighborhood canvasses as they tried to solve the shooting.
Snow is urging anyone with information on the shooting to come forward.
"If you know anything, this isn't about snitching. This is about justice. That's all we want for our son," Snow said.
What happened?
Around 10 p.m., police said they went to a private residence where the birthday party was occurring. About 200 revelers were present, loud and shooting fireworks, and police asked them to disperse from the street because of motor vehicle traffic.
Between 10 p.m. and midnight, people returned to the party, say police, and a little after midnight, police said they started receiving calls about shots fired.
At the scene, police said they found two handguns and multiple types of shell casings, including casings from a rifle.
City, police and fire and fire officials provided an update on the shooting Sunday night.
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Police said there were at least 35 shell casings at the scene.
This matches what a News 5 journalist on the scene saw just after the shooting.
Police said they do not know the number of shooters at this time and have not identified any suspects.
No arrests have been made.
Editor's note 6/5/24: According to Akron Police Chief Brian Harding, the number of those wounded in the shooting has been changed to 27, including Cook. This echoes the original number police immediately provided on Sunday. That number was later changed to 25 people shot, including the fatality. Police now say the evolving scene at the shooting and the multiple hospital victims presented problems with the tally of total victims due to people going to one hospital and then leaving and heading to another one. Another person left after being triaged but showed back up later for treatment.
