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The Akron Police Department is presenting a gift to the humane society officer who was attacked in late March.

Officers and employees have collected and raised more than $700 for officer Timothy Harland who was attacked by a man with a shovel and knife.

Harland was pulled off to the side of the road on 18th Street while talking on the phone. Police say McCullen Webb approached the vehicle and struck Harland in the head and used a knife to cut the officer several times in the head, face, and arms.

Webb also shattered the officer's windshield with a barbell. Harland spent several days at the hospital due to his injuries.

Akron police officers responded to the scene where Webb was tased. It didn't have any effect on him so officers fired shots, striking Webb. He was taken to the hospital and was later charged.

An investigation is underway in a fatal officer-involved shooting in Kent early Thursday morning. Kent police say officers responded to a disturbance call shortly before 4 a.m. at a Virginia Avenue home.

NewsChannel 5 reports the cousin of 25-year-old Douglas Yon told police dispatchers that Yon refused to leave the house and was armed with a machete. She also reported that Yon was going to run toward officers and "make them shoot."

Kent police say four officers responded on scene. Police say Yon "engaged officers, wielding a machete." Officers fired an unknown amount of shots at the man. An ambulance was called in to administer first-aid, but Yon was pronounced dead at the scene.

Authorities did not release the names of the officers involved or how many officers fired their weapons.

The Portage County Sheriff's Office is conducting an independent investigation and BCI is assisting with the collection of evidence.

The officers involved in the shooting will be placed on administrative leave during the investigation.

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