The boys went back to their car at which time they were confronted by the three men. The shooting caused some on the court to run away and, according to the chief, the boys chased after them temporarily. One of the boys reportedly shot at the basketball court where the three men were playing a game with others. The fight between the men and Liming began when the boys were riding around in a car on the night of June 2 with the toy gun. Police said Liming was riding around with his friends when one or two of them reportedly used this Splatrball Water Bead Blaster and shot a group of males which led to the fight Jones was captured separately in the 200 block of Crosby Street, also in Akron. Liming and a group of friends were joy-riding in a car and apparently provoked the fight with the three men by shooting at them with a plastic Splatrball Water Bead Blaster.ĭeshawn and Tyler Stafford, who live together in the 500 block of North Howard Street in Akron, Ohio, were arrested by the Marshals and police. The Northern Ohio Violent Fugitive Task Force tracked down Deshawn Stafford, 20, Tyler Stafford, 19, and Donovon Jones, 21, and arrested them for Liming's death last week after obtaining arrest warrants. has contacted the Akron Police Department for comment on the 911 call's audio recording. It remains unclear if the fight was still going on at the time when the 911 call was made. The 911 caller finally reveals over the call that Liming is 17-years-old before he ends the conversation there, leaving the dispatcher hanging. Background noise can also be heard, of which someone says: 'I'm not trying to fight, though.' The operator then asks for Liming's age but the phone call is cut out several times. When asked if Liming was still breathing at the time, the 911 caller answered: 'Yeah, he’s breathing. It’s cool now.'Īn audio recording of the 911 call made after Ethan Liming, 17, of Akron was beaten to death after he and his friends shot at a group of men on a basketball court with a toy water gun on June 2 was released nearly three weeks after the incident The operator then reiterates her question on the fight for clarification, of which the victim's friend answers that 'there was' one. We didn't meaning too,' according to an audio recording of the call. The phone call eventually picks up on the voice of another man who is heard saying: 'Hey man. The dispatcher asks if the fight was still taking place while the caller speaks to other people around him. 'Our friend just got knocked out and we don't know what to do.' 'We're at the I Promise school in Akron Ohio,' said an unidentified friend of Liming's to a 911 caller later on the same night of the fight at 10:42 p.m. Since then, three arrests have been made in connection to the murder, which investigators said took place after Liming had opened fire at group of men with his water gun on a school basketball court.
Published: 15:46 BST, 19 June 2022 | Updated: 15:30 BST, 29 June 2022Ī distressing 911 call made from an Ohio high school founded by Lebron James was released, nearly three weeks after a teen was beaten to death in one of the school's parking lots.Įthan Liming, 17, was found dead at the I Promise School in Akron on June 2 - his official last day as a junior in high school. Teens in the victim's vehicle were shooting SplatRBall Water Bead Blaster and then appeared to approach another group on the basketball court at the school.The teen's death stemmed from an altercation that happened on the basketball court at a LeBron James-founded I Promise high school in Akron.Deshawn Stafford, 20, Tyler Stafford, 19, and Donovon Jones, 21, were arrested last week for Liming's death in Akron.The caller reveals that Liming is 17 before the phone call abruptly ends there.More background noise can be further heard, of which someone says: 'I'm not trying to fight, though'.The operator ask the caller if Liming is still breathing, of which he says: Yeah, he's breathing.We didn't mean too,' a voice in the background can be heard saying
The 911 dispatcher who took the emergency call proceeded to ask if the fight was still ongoing.'Our friend just got knocked out and we don't know what to do,' said a friend of Ethan Liming's after the 17-year-old was found unresponsive on June 2.'Our friend just got knocked out': Harrowing 911 call is released after Ohio teen was beaten to death at high school founded by LeBron James
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