A Summit County grand jury declined to indict the Akron police officer that fatally shot 15-year-old Jazmir Tucker last November, according to a press release Thursday from Mayor Shammas Malik's office.

Two officers initially approached Tucker on Nov. 28, 2024, after hearing gunshots while working on a report from a previous call at East Avenue and Vernon Odom Boulevard, according to the initial police report. Body cam footage from the incident starts with officers running toward Tucker with weapons drawn. One officer, Davon Fields , fired at him with an AR-15 style rifle. Tucker is not seen in the video until he is being handcuffed. Police later found a handgun in Tucker's zipped coat pocket. The autopsy report showed Tucker was fatally shot two times in the back and was also shot

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