CANTON – Police have arrested a second suspect in connection with the May 24 death of Richard A. Poole.
Police Chief John Gabbard said in a press release that officers arrested Larry G. Grimes on a murder charge at 5 p.m. June 21 in the 1700 block of Clark Avenue SW, acting on information received from the community.
Poole, 51, was shot once in the chest at an apartment on Alan Page Drive SE, police said.
The criminal complaint against Grimes, 45, says he caused Poole’s death by getting into a gunfight with another person. A stray bullet hit Poole during the shootout.
Daquan B.J. Rucker, 30, was the other man in the gunfight, police spokesman Lt. Dennis Garren wrote in an email. Rucker was charged with murder in Canton Municipal Court. His case was bound over to the Stark County grand jury. He is being held in the Stark County Jail on a $1 million bond.
Grimes, a resident of northeast Canton, is scheduled to be arraigned in Canton Municipal Court on June 23. No defense attorney is listed in court records for the case.
Anyone with any information regarding this case is asked to contact the Canton Police Communications Center at 330-649-5800 or the Canton Police Detective Bureau at 330-489-3144. Anonymous tips can also be sent to Tip411 or the Stark County Crime Stoppers. Sign up for Tip411 at www.cantonohio.gov/police.
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This article originally appeared on The Repository: Canton police arrest second suspect after man killed during gunfight
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