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A pair of shootings in Akron over the weekend left a 39-year-old man dead and a 19-year-old seriously injured.

Police say the two separate shootings happened on Saturday night around 11:30. A 39-year-old died after he was shot in the head while sitting inside a parked truck on Dover Avenue.

The victim has been identified as 39 year-old Otis Clay Jr. of Akron. An autopsy showed that the cause of his death was a gunshot wound to the head, a homicide.

No suspects in that case. Clay was a concessions employee at Canal Park for the Akron RubberDucks.

A 19 year-old was shot in the face inside a stolen car on McKinley Avenue. He's in critical condition.

A 15 year-old was charged with felonious assault - he and 18 year-old Ronald Henderson were both charged with receiving stolen property. Police say Henderson also removed a gun from the scene.

Akron police detectives are investigating three separate shootings that happened on Sunday.

The first shooting happened near the intersection of Grant Street and Cole Avenue. A 20-year-old man reported to police that he was shot in the shoulder and had his car stolen. The second shooting happened on Shoreline Drive where a 30 year-old man was shot in the right thigh. The third was reported on Cole Avenue where a bullet grazed the head of a 23-year-old man. All the victims were taken to a hospital with non life-threatening injuries.

Police say the shootings do not appear to be related

Police are looking into two separate shootings that happened in Akron Monday.

The first shooting was reported outside a house in the 1800 block of 2nd Street SW around 9:30 a.m. A 28-year-old told police he was involved in an altercation and was shot in the arm and leg. He was taken to Akron General Medical Center where his injuries do not appear to be life-threatening.

The suspect allegedly fled in light blue or gray Chrysler minivan. Only a vague description of the shooting suspect was released and no description was given for the person driving the getaway van.

The second shooting happened near a home in the 200 block of Grand Avenue. Three men asked of another trio of men walking past their house to walk across the street so their "dog would not attack them," according to police. That's when one man pulled out a gun and fired several shots. No one was hurt, but the bullets struck two homes. Only a vague description of the suspects were released.