Despite restraining order, man shoots ex-wife in head
The Akron Beacon Journal reported December 10 that Akron police received a call at 7:10 p.m. from a woman who said her daughter was with a man who had a restraining order filed against him, said Akron police Lt. Sylvia Trundle.
When police drove into the area of the Courtesy Inn at 210 W. Market St., the man shot the woman in the head after pointing the gun at two other people and attempting to fire, Trundle said.
Remarkably, the newspaper reports the victim was expected to be released from a hospital Thursday night or early today.
Police told the Beacon Journal the gunman, Joey Smith, 26, whose last known address was in the 1000 block of Packard Avenue, tried to shoot a man and the victim's mother, but the gun did not fire. He then shot a 19-year-old woman, who Trundle said was his ex-girlfriend.
The man threatened suicide several times, and put a gun to his head in the parking lot before going into the motel room, police said. According to the newspaper, police negotiators persuaded Smith to come out of the room around 10:45 p.m.
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