Darien MIngoSummit County Jail
AKRON, Ohio – An Akron man pleaded guilty Thursday to shooting another man to death during a drug deal.
Darien Mingo, pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter in the Dec. 19, 2015 shooting death of Erick Hunt Sr., the Summit County Prosecutor’s Office said in a news release.
Mingo’s sentencing is scheduled March 10 in Summit County Common Pleas Court.
Hunt, 47, and a friend went to buy crack-cocaine from Mingo at an apartment on West Long Street in Akron, court records show. The three began to argue, and Mingo shot Hunt four times, prosecutors said.
Mingo told investigators that Hunt tried to rob him, and that he shot Hunt in self-defense, court records show.
Hunt ran outside the apartment and collapsed in the street, police said. Paramedics took him to Cleveland Clinic Akron General, where he died.
Mingo turned himself in after the shooting, police said.
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