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Akron police are looking for a 26-year-old Akron man who is accused of fatally shooting a dog late Sunday morning.

A 35-year-old man told police that he was walking the golden retriever mix in the 400 block of West Waterloo Road when a man standing in a driveway pulled out a handgun from his car and shot the dog in the chest.

Police say the suspect, later identified as Kenneth P. Walker, 26, of West Waterloo Road, jumped into his car and fled.

Police have signed a warrant for Walker for discharging a firearm, weapons under disability and cruelty to animals.

According to police, Walker should be considered armed and dangerous. Anyone with information is asked to contact the Akron Police Department at (330) 375-2490.

Fire investigators are still trying to determine the cause of an explosion that killed a family of four Monday night in Northfield.

The Summit County Sheriff's Office reports the bodies of two adults and two children were recovered by first responders when they arrived on scene to the home on Skyhaven Road around 9 p.m.

Fire Chief Frank Risko tells NewsChannel 5 that a mother, father and two girls, ages 8 and 12, died instantly inside the home. 

The cause of the fire is not known, but officials do not believe it was a gas explosion.

Additional counselors will be available today at the Nordonia School District.

The shooting death of a 27-year-old man over the weekend in Green is under investigation.

The Summit County Medical Examiner reports the man, identified as Corey S. Seibel of Green, was shot at his home in the 2700 block of Long Road around 11 o'clock Sunday night. 

The Summit County Sheriff's Office reports Seibel suffered multiple gunshot wounds to the chest. He was pronounced dead at the scene about an hour and a half later.

Details related to a possible suspect or motive were not released.