An 18-year-old accused of shooting Frank Frazier, a popular bounty hunter from Akron who goes by Bounty Tank and has his own television show, fired in self-defense, according to the Summit County Prosecutor's Office.
While the 18-year-old won't face charges for shooting Frazier, a grand jury has indicted the teen on a charge of having weapons under disability, a third-degree felony.
Under Ohio's Castle Doctrine, homeowners are permitted to use deadly force if they believe an intruder poses in imminent threat of serious harm or death.
Akron Sgt. Utomhin Okoh said countless hours were spent reviewing the case before the decision was made to not charge the teen with the shooting.
"If the resident was not fully confident that it was a police officer— or that it was somebody who's serving the warrant— and they weren't able to identify that person, then at that point, they're allowed to defend their home," Okoh said.
The shooting happened around 8:15 p.m. October 10 in the 1100 block of 7th Avenue after the bounty hunter went there to arrest the teen on an outstanding warrant. Frazier was shot multiple times in the chest and torso and transported Summa Akron City Hospital.
Police said Frazier was working with a group of bail bondsmen at the time and the shots were fired from inside the house, striking the bounty hunter who was outside.
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"Akron Police Department officers investigated the shooting of Franklin Frazier. Based on their investigation and work with their police legal advisors in the Akron Law Department, they concluded that (the teen) was acting in self-defense," the prosecutor's office said.
The prosecutor's office said the teen "is under a legal disability that makes it unlawful for him to possess a firearm because he was previously adjudicated delinquent of Felonious Assault in juvenile court."
The 18-year-old is set to appear in court for a pre-trial hearing on Dec. 11. He's currently being held in jail for a separate incident that involved having a weapon illegally.
Nearly two months after the shooting, Frazier remains hospitalized, police said.
