An Akron police officer is on paid administrative leave after shooting a man who had been kicked out of an Ellet bar shortly after 9 p.m. on Tuesday. Signal Akron found the bar’s fence riddled with what appeared to be at least a dozen bullet holes, but it is unclear how many times police shot at the man. The man shot by police has not been accused by authorities of firing, or possessing, a gun.
Police said the man was treated by paramedics. He was then “transported to a local hospital with serious injuries,” according to the Akron Police Department in a statement released Wednesday afternoon.
In a late night Facebook post, the union representing Akron police officers, Fraternal Order of Police Lodge No. 7, stated that the man had been threatening people with a “semi-automatic handgun” and police were “forced to make a split-second decision” to shoot the “uncooperative” man when they showed up.
The city and police department do not identify officers involved in shootings, but Signal Akron confirmed that the shooter is 31-year-old Caleb Bodjanac, 31, who joined the APD in December of 2024 after 3 1/2 years as an officer with the Canton Police Department…