An Akron police officer fatally shot an armed man on Thanksgiving night after responding to nearby gunfire, Ohio authorities have reported. Two patrol officers were in a parked cruiser near East Avenue and Vernon Odom Boulevard around 11 p.

A police officer in Akron shot and killed an armed man after hearing gunshots on Thanksgiving night, authorities said. Police said in a news release that two patrol officers were in a parked police cruiser in the Sherbondy Hill neighborhood as they worked on a report from an unrelated incident.