Just after midnight Nov. 2, at a party at a three-story mansion in a wealthy Akron suburb late last year rented on Airbnb, a torrent of gunfire ripped through a dense crowd of teenagers, most of whom weren’t yet 18.
Thirteen people at the party called 911 as an estimated 250 to 300 attendees fled, police Chief Vito Sinopoli said in an interview. One 911 call, obtained by the Associated Press, said there was “blood everywhere.”
Killed in the mayhem was Elijah Wells, 18. He was shot eight times. His obituary describes him as a young athlete, an artist and a dedicated family member. Nine others, mostly juveniles, were wounded at the party…