AKRON, Ohio – An Akron man has been charged with murder in connection with the January shooting death of a Wooster man.

Sonny A. Howard, 26, was arrested Tuesday afternoon at his workplace on Elinor Avenue on Akron’s East Side, police said Wednesday in a news release.

Investigators identified him as a suspect in the Jan. 15 fatal shooting of Daniel Jones, 37, of College Avenue in Wooster.

Akron police found Jones with a gunshot wound to his chest on the 900 block of Clark Street. Paramedics brought him to Summa Akron City Hospital, where he died.

Police said detectives identified Howard through “physical evidence and phone records,” but did not elaborate.

Howard has been charged with murder, Akron Municipal Court records show.

A judge set Howard’s bond at $1 million on Wednesday. He is scheduled to appear in court on Thursday morning.

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