AKRON, Ohio — Akron Police are investigating a homicide after a 63-year-old man was found dead on a walking path.
Police were called to the 600 block of Carroll Street on Saturday around 4:30 p.m. for an unresponsive person.
Officers found the man lying in a grassy area next to the walking trail. According to authorities, the man had been shot in the neck and face.
The Summit County Medical Examiner's Office has identified the man as Robert Fey, of Akron.
No arrests have been made.
News 5 Investigators spoke with neighbors.
Pastor Kenneth Ivory and his wife Peggy Ivory live just up the hill from the path and what people tell us was an old rail bed.
“I’ve seen mattresses down there, people so-called living down there,” Pastor Ivory said, adding that he regularly stops by there to pray and hand out flyers.
Pastor Ivory has run Akron Restoration Men's Home for the last three years.
"You can't force people to do it to get themselves some help, but we are here and that's one of the things that bothers me the most," Pastor Ivory said.
Police don't know of any witnesses and haven't made an arrest.
Detectives are trying to figure out the circumstances but police don't believe the body was dumped there.
"Bullets don't have a name on it, so it's very scary that a body was found back there," Peggy Ivory said. "He might have a mother that's alive, his dad, somebody."
Peggy and Pastor Ivory give addicts and the homeless safe passage at Akron Restoration.
"We've talked to people inside those bushes back up in there, we've given them flyers to come to ministry. They have a place to go. We've even offered them a place to get a shower, get some food," Pastor Ivory said.
People who live close by say they rarely see police and would like to see that change. They also want something done about this makeshift trail to close it off.
"If it's city property, why not block it off? I mean it goes to nowhere really," Pastor Ivory said.
Peggy Ivory suggested, "a cement wall where they can't get over it no more, or patrol the area more."
Anyone with information is asked to call the Akron Police Detective Bureau at 330-375-2490.
