An arbitrator has sided with the city of Akron in a dispute over whether police officer Ryan Westlake should have been fired last year for excessive use of force. Westlake's employment was ...

Less than a week after an independent arbitrator upheld Akron police officer Ryan Westlake's firing, Westlake is now facing a lawsuit for shooting a teenager in the hand. The lawsuit, filed ...

AKRON, Ohio — A civil lawsuit has been filed against Ryan Westlake, a former Akron police officer who shot 15-year-old Tavion Koonce-Williams last year. Court records show the lawsuit was filed ...

Tavion Koonce-Williams was 15 years old when former Akron police officer Ryan Westlake shot him in the hand. Now the teen’s mother – Angel Williams – has filed a lawsuit against the former ...

Body camera footage shows 15-year-old Tavion Koonce-Williams shot by police as he throws a toy gun on the ground. Screengrab from WKYC. A former Akron, Ohio, police officer is being sued after a ...

The lawsuit was filed April 1 in Summit County against Ryan Westlake. Attorney information for Westlake was not immediately available. McClatchy News reached out to the Akron Police Department ...