The man an Akron police officer shot to death Monday fired a gun during his interaction with police, Akron Police Lt. Rick Edwards said.
The officer told a 9-1-1 dispatcher that a man later identified as Raupheal Thomas fired a shot and that officers shot Thomas, according to a copy of a 9-1-1 call obtained by the Northeast Ohio Media Group.
The initial call to 9-1-1 came from an off-duty police officer, police said. The off-duty officer told a dispatcher that two suspicious men were walking on Orrin Street near Roslyn Avenue.
