OH - Ethan Liming, 17, beaten to death in Akron after shooting water gun, 2 June 2022 *guilty assault*

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A 911 call made from the basketball court of an Ohio high school founded by LeBron James raises more questions than it answers about an incident that left a high school junior dead.

Ethan Liming, 17, was beaten to death in the parking lot of the I Promise School in Akron on June 2. Three men have been arrested in connection with the homicide, which officials said erupted after Liming was shooting a water gun at people on the court.

“We’re at the I Promise school in Akron, Ohio,” one of Liming’s friends told a 911 operator during a 10:42 p.m. call on the night of the fight, according to Fox News.
“Our friend just got knocked out. We don’t know what to do.”

As the operator asked if the fight was still going on, a voice in the background was heard saying, “Hey, man. We’re sorry, man. We didn’t mean it,” according to the report.
One of Ethan Liming's friends told the dispatcher there was a fight but everything was OK and cool afterward.One of Ethan Liming’s friends told the dispatcher there was a fight but everything was “OK” and “cool” afterward

When asked if Liming is breathing, the caller said, “Yeah, he’s breathing. He’s breathing.”

A commotion could then be heard in the background in addition to a voice that said, “I’m not trying to fight, though,” before the call abruptly ended, leaving it unclear if the fight was over or escalating, according to the outlet.

Liming and three friends were in the parking lot of the basketball court — which is open all night — when they began playing with a “SplatRBall” gun that shoots water beads that explode when they hit a target, the article said.
 

One of the three men arrested in the slaying of Ethan Liming pleaded no contest Wednesday and was found guilty of assault.

Donovon Jones, the only of the trio charged who faced solely misdemeanor charges, pleaded no contest to two counts of assault, which is a first-degree misdemeanor.

Tyler Stafford and Deshawn Stafford, brothers who face involuntary manslaughter and other charges in Liming’s death outside Akron’s I Promise School earlier this year, still have cases pending in O’Brien’s court. They have pretrial hearings Nov. 3.
 

The two brothers charged in the slaying of Ethan Liming won’t go on trial until the spring.

Tyler and Deshawn Stafford’s trials have been set for May 1, with their final pretrials on April 6 in Summit County Common Pleas Judge Tammy O’Brien’s courtroom.

Tyler Stafford, 19, of Cleveland, and Deshawn Stafford, 21, of Akron, are charged with involuntary manslaughter and other offenses related to Liming’s death outside Akron’s IPromise School on June 2.
 
The murder trial of the Stafford brothers, charged in the killing of Ethan Liming, has begun after delays, and after Deshawn Stafford was jailed for violating terms of house arrest.
(Various channels were carrying live-stream so you may need to search. Below is a link to story and channel.)
 
VERDICT reached: all the major Cleveland networks reported live. Some of these are posted below.



 

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