Marquise Banks, 23, of Green, Ohio, was fatally shot on Interstate 77 on August 3, 2023. A passenger in a pickup truck reportedly fired multiple rounds at Banks’ Lincoln SUV; after being struck, Banks lost control, crossed the median and collided with a Mercedes in the northbound lanes. Banks was taken to Summa Akron City Hospital and pronounced dead shortly after arrival. The Mercedes driver suffered unspecified injuries.

Investigators identified 18-year-old Sirvonte Suggs of Akron as a suspect and said Suggs and Banks had been involved in an ongoing dispute. Suggs was arrested on December 11, 2023, at an Akron residence and charged with aggravated murder; officers also reported recovering suspected drugs and ammunition at that location. A second suspect, 23-year-old Giovanni D. Porter of Carrollton, Texas, has been charged with murder in connection to the shooting. The case has been bound over to a Summit County Grand Jury and further charges are expected.

If anyone witnessed the shooting on I-77 or the moments before the crash, please share what was seen with investigators.