AKRON, Ohio — Sirvonte Suggs, the 18-year-old Akron man accused of fatally shooting a man on I-77 in August, appeared in Summit County Court of Common Pleas for his arraignment on Tuesday.
Suggs pleaded not guilty to the multiple charges against him, which include aggravated murder, murder, and felonious assault in connection with the death of Marquise Banks.
The bond for Suggs remains at $1 million and he will be back in court for a pre-trial hearing on Feb. 20.
Suggs was indicted by a grand jury in Summit County earlier this month.
Officials say the incident happened on Aug. 3, 2023, when a passenger in a pickup truck fired several rounds at a Lincoln SUV on I-77 South in Green, near the Akron-Canton Airport. As the truck fled the area, the Lincoln veered across the median and into the northbound lanes, where it struck a Mercedes that was not initially involved in the incident.
Banks, the driver of the Lincoln, was later pronounced dead at Summa Akron City Hospital. The driver of the Mercedes was also injured in the crash.
Suggs was previously arrested by Summit County Sheriff's deputies at home on Florida Avenue in Akron on Monday, Dec. 11 -- over four months after the incident.