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Update: Investigators have identified the victim of the fatal hit-skip as 60-year-old Dennis Slaton of Canton. 

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The Stark County Sheriff's Office is investigating a fatal hit-and-run accident in Plain Township. 

According to the report, a man's body was found along State Route 62 at Middlebranch Avenue NE in Plain Township around 10 p.m. Tuesday. When Sheriff's Deputies arrived he was confirmed dead on the scene. 

Witnesses say the vehicle that struck the man is a 2011 or 2012 Hyundai Sonata, though the color of the vehicle is unknown. Police say it likely has damage to the front passenger-side bumper and passenger-side mirror. 

Anyone with information is asked to call the Stark County Sheriff's Office at 330-430-3800. 

The man who fatally shot a robber inside his Akron home a year ago has pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter charges. 

The Summit County Prosecutor's Office says 22 year-old David Hills was at his house on Hilbish Avenue when two men forced their way inside and attempted to rob Hills at gunpoint. 

When the men ran off of his property, Hillis opened fire with his own gun and shot one of them, Marcus Glover, in the head. Glover died instantly.

The other man, Terry Tart pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter earlier this month.

Tart is scheduled to be be sentenced in September, while Hillis will be sentenced in October.

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(Summit County Prosecutor's Office, news release)

Summit County Prosecutor Sherri Bevan Walsh announced today that David Hillis, 22, of Hilbish Avenue in Akron, pled guilty to shooting to death Marcus Glover following an attempted robbery at Hillis’ home.

Hillis pled guilty to the following charge:

Voluntary Manslaughter – a felony of the 1st degree

In the afternoon of August 7, 2015, Hillis was at his Hilbish Avenue home when Terry Tart and Marcus Glover forced their way into the home. Tart and Glover attempted to rob Hillis at gunpoint. When Tart and Glover ran off, Hillis opened fire with his own gun. Glover was about 70 yards away and no longer on Hillis’ property when he was shot in the head and died.

Tart pled guilty to Involuntary Manslaughter in connection with the incident on August 4, 2016.

Visiting Judge Richard Reinbold is scheduled to sentence Tart on September 7, 2016 at 11am and Hillis onOctober 7, 2016 at 10am.

A man linked to a fatal shooting in a robbery attempt has pleaded guilty.

The Summit County Prosecutor's Office says Terry Tart and Marcus Glover forced their way into David Hillis' Akron home and tried to rob him at gunpoint.

When they fled the home, Hillis fired at them - and shot Glover in the head. He died.

Tart pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter charges.

Hillis faces manslaughter charges, and is scheduled to be tried later this month.

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(Summit County Prosecutor's Office, news release) Summit County Prosecutor Sherri Bevan Walsh announced today that Terry Tart, 38, of Doty Drive in Akron, pled guilty in connection with a shooting which left an acquaintance dead.

Tart pled guilty to the following charge:

Involuntary Manslaughter with a Gun Specification – a felony of the 1st degree

In the afternoon of August 7, 2015, Tart and Marcus Glover forced their way into the Akron home of David Hillis and attempted to rob Hillis at gunpoint. When Tart and Glover ran off, Hillis opened fire with his own gun. Glover was about 70 yards away and no longer on Hillis' property when he was shot in the head and died.

Visiting Judge Richard Reinbold is scheduled to sentence Tart on September 7, 2016, at 11am.

David Hillis is charged with manslaughter with a gun specification and is scheduled to go on trial on August 16, 2016.