A 28-year-old Akron man, Jaleel Sojouner, is serving a life sentence for the shooting death of a 20-year-old woman in 2020, according to the Summit County Prosecutor’s Office.
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On June 3, 2020, Janine Surgen was shot and killed while she was walking along 27th Street in Akron, the prosecutor’s office said.
A security camera at a nearby home caught the shooting, and about 15 minutes after, officers pulled over a car driven by Sojouner. The prosecutor’s office said two juveniles were also in the vehicle.
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Sojouner pleaded guilty to aggravated murder with a gun specification and will be eligible for parole after 18 years, the prosecutor’s office said.
It was determined that 20-year-old Calvin Thompson, who was a minor at the time, was the one that shot Surgen. The prosecutor’s office said Thompson is serving a life sentence after pleading guilty in June 2023.
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The third person in the car was 17 years old at the time of the shooting and admitted to a charge of having a weapon under disability in Juvenile Court, the prosecutor’s office said. The teen has not been sentenced yet.
