A Cleveland man convicted last month in the 2025 shooting death of a 27-year-old Akron man faces sentencing on Monday, Nov. 17, in Summit County Common Pleas Court.
Timothy Whitthorne, 34, of Cleveland, was found guilty on Oct. 10 of murder, felony murder, felonious assault, having weapons while under disability and three firearm specifications in the death of Razeil Robinson, 27, of Akron, according to Summit County Common Pleas Court records reported by the Akron Beacon Journal.
Judge Jennifer Towell will sentence Whitthorne at 10 a.m. Nov. 17, according to a Summit County Prosecutor’s Office news release cited by the Akron Beacon Journal. Attorneys Seneca Konturas and Christopher Rivero represent Whitthorne, the Beacon Journal reported.
The case began in the early morning hours of Sept. 25, 2025, when an employee parking in a lot on the 1000 block of Rosemary Boulevard in Akron found a cell phone with its flashlight turned on, prosecutors explained in the news release, according to the Akron Beacon Journal. Later that day, when visibility improved, employees found Robinson nearby in the grass, prosecutors said.
When officers arrived, they identified Robinson. Investigators determined he had been shot in the neck and chest, and the gunshot wound to his chest proved fatal, damaging his lungs and heart, prosecutors said in the release reported by the Akron Beacon Journal.
Surveillance footage showed Whitthorne and a woman walking in the area before, during and after the shooting, according to the Akron Beacon Journal’s account of the prosecutor’s release. Akron police officers identified the woman, who said Whitthorne shot Robinson multiple times after Robinson approached them, prosecutors said.
After the shooting, Whitthorne and the woman fled to a friend’s apartment and then to Cleveland, where the Northeast Ohio Violent Fugitive Task Force arrested Whitthorne, according to the Akron Beacon Journal. Officers recovered a Glock 40 that matched the shell casings at the scene, according to the news release.
What happens next is Monday’s sentencing hearing before Judge Towell, where the court will impose Whitthorne’s sentence on the murder and related convictions. NewsForce247 will update this story when the sentence is announced.
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