BARBERTON, Ohio — Barberton police are investigating after a 31-year-old man was shot and killed on Wednesday morning.
According to city and county officials, James R. Cooper III was involved in an argument Wednesday morning around 8 a.m. outside a home on Wunderlich Avenue.
Officials say that during the confrontation, Cooper was shot multiple times. He was taken to Cleveland Clinic Akron General Medical Center where he later died.
Later on Wednesday, 39-year-old Randall A. Simmons II was taken into custody on outstanding warrants and parole violations by officers from Adult Parole, the U.S. Marshal’s Northern Ohio Fugitive Task Force and the Akron Police Department.
Simmons is being charged with Aggravated Murder, Felonious Assault and Having a Weapon Under Disability. He was arraigned in Barberton Municipal Court before Judge Jill Lanzinger and was given a $5 million dollar cash bond. He currently is held in the Summit County Jail.
The incident remains under investigation by the Barberton Police Department and the Summit County Medical Examiner’s Office.
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