Man convicted of murder for 2025 Akron shooting

AKRON, Ohio (WOIO) - A 34-year-old man was found guilty of the murder of a 27-year-old man, the Summit County Prosecutor’s Office announced Tuesday.

Timothy Whitthorne was found guilty of several felony charges in the shooting and killing of Razeil Robinson near the Rosemary Square apartments in 2025, the prosecutor’s office said.

A Summit County jury found Whitthorne guilty of the following charges:

• One count of intentional murder with a three-year firearm specification – an unclassified felony.
• One count of murder with a three-year firearm specification – an unclassified felony.
• One count of felonious assault with a three-year firearm specification – a second-degree felony.
• One count of having weapons while under disability – a third-degree felony.

On the morning of Sept. 25, 2025, an employee going to work on Rosemary Boulevard found a cellphone with its flashlight on in the employee parking lot; however, the prosecutor’s office said employees did not see Robinson’s body lying in the grass nearby due to poor visibility.

According to the prosecutor’s office, employees later found Robinson’s body; they were unable to find a pulse and called Akron police and EMS.

Officers found that Robinson had suffered two gunshot wounds, one to his neck and the other entered through his arm and into his chest, which caused fatal injuries to his lungs and heart, the prosecutor’s office said.

Robinson was pronounced dead at the scene.

Surveillance video showed Whitthorne and a woman walking in the area before, during and after the shooting, the prosecutor’s office said.

Officers were able to identify and locate the woman, who told them Whitthorne had shot Robinson multiple times after Robinson approached them at nearby benches with his hand in his pocket, the prosecutor’s office said.

Whitthorne and the woman fled to a friend’s apartment, where they were later located by the Northeast Ohio Violent Fugitive Task Force, the prosecutor’s office said.

During a search of the apartment, officers discovered a Glock 40 that matched the shell casings found at the scene, the prosecutor’s office said.

Whitthorne is scheduled to be sentenced on Nov. 17 at 10 a.m.