COPLEY TOWNSHIP, Ohio - The small community of Copley Township is in shock after a gunman went on shooting spree Sunday, killing seven people before he was shot and killed by police.
"It's a tragedy. It's, it's pretty bad," said a neighbor who used to babysit for the family.
Police said a family argument sparked by an out-of-town guest's visit led to the shooting rampage on Goodenough Avenue just before 11 a.m. on Sunday. In all, the gunman shot eight people before firing at police, when an officer returned fire, killing him. Seven of the gunman's victims died and another is in the intensive care unit at Akron General Hospital.The Copley Police Department was assisted in the investigation by the Akron Police Department, the Fairlawn Police Department, the Summit County Medical Sheriff's Office, the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation, the Summit County Medical Examiner's Office and the Summit County Prosecutor's Office.
Police said they would reveal more information about the shootings in a news conference Monday at noon.
Meanwhile, authorities are asking people to avoid the area near the shootings, as entrances to the neighborhood have been blocked off.
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