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The U.S. Marshals Service announced that brothers Deshawn Stafford, Jr. 20. and Tyler Stafford, 19, along with their cousin, Donovan Jones, 21, were taken into custody at 9:30 a.m. at separate locations by the U.S. Marshals Northern Ohio Violent Fugitive Task Force. The Akron Police Department assisted in the operation and the three are being held on charges of murder and felonious assault. Jones was additionally accused of disrupting public service.
Only Fox News covered the story on the air, and only the Washington Post covered it online aside from local coverage because of the races of the individuals involved and the fact that 3 Black men allegedly beat a White teen to death.
“I am happy to report that today, officers with the Akron Police Department, made several arrests in connection with the death of Ethan Liming,” Akron Police Chief Stephen Mylett said in a press release. “We thank the members of the community for their outpouring of support that helped investigators throughout this investigation.”
Liming was brutally beaten to death at around 10:46 pm near the basketball courts of the I Promise School in Akron. Officials reported the teen had died from blunt force trauma to the head after he allegedly got into an altercation involving a water gun. Authorities say Liming was lying on the ground in the parking lot when police arrived. They were unable to revive him and he was pronounced dead at the scene.
Liming was brutally beaten to death at around 10:46 pm near the basketball courts of the I Promise School in Akron. Officials reported the teen had died from blunt force trauma to the head after he allegedly got into an altercation involving a water gun. Authorities say Liming was lying on the ground in the parking lot when police arrived. They were unable to revive him and he was pronounced dead at the scene.
Over a water gun.
Police stated “that in the moments leading up to the incident, one or more occupants in the [Liming]’s vehicle were riding around the surrounding area shooting a SPLATRBALL Water Bead Blaster at objects and possibly unsuspecting people,” per a statement released.Police said at least one occupant in Liming’s vehicle was “shooting a SPLATRBALL Water Bead Blaster” at possible unsuspecting people leading up to the incident.
They then drove in the direction of the basketball courts where the group of teens “targeted or approached the subjects who were on the court and fired the gel soft gun at them.” These actions seemingly provoked the brutal beating that led to Liming's murder.
Police stated “that in the moments leading up to the incident, one or more occupants in the [Liming]’s vehicle were riding around the surrounding area shooting a SPLATRBALL Water Bead Blaster at objects and possibly unsuspecting people,” per a statement released.Police said at least one occupant in Liming’s vehicle was “shooting a SPLATRBALL Water Bead Blaster” at possible unsuspecting people leading up to the incident.
They then drove in the direction of the basketball courts where the group of teens “targeted or approached the subjects who were on the court and fired the gel soft gun at them.” These actions seemingly provoked the brutal beating that led to Liming's murder.
At a press conference on June 8, Mylett stated at least two individuals in Liming’s car got out and began firing at four individuals playing basketball on the courts. Mylett said the group ran away before all coming together at Liming’s car where Liming was eventually killed. It was a stupid, stupid thing to do, but killing the boy was obviously not called for.
The water gun was recovered from the scene and included as evidence in the statement.
Police were offering a reward of up to $30,000 for information regarding Liming’s killers as of June 9.
Police were offering a reward of up to $30,000 for information regarding Liming’s killers as of June 9.
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“Ethan Liming was a young man with a full life ahead of him, and that bright future was senselessly taken from him in the most brutal of ways,” said Akron Mayor Dan Horrigan in the original press release.
Gee, ya think? This senseless tragedy over being squirted by a water gun. In Chicago they use real bullets.
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