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AKRON, Ohio– A 28-year-old Barberton man was arrested after police say he aimed a gun at an Akron officer.

Police were called to the area of Ada and Reed avenues in Akron at about noon on Tuesday.

The 47-year-old victim said he was walking down the street when a man on a bicycle with a gun tried to rob him. The victim got away and officers found a man matching the suspect’s description nearby.

Akron police said the suspect, identified as Javon Spells, pulled out a handgun and shot at an officer. But the gun did not fire.

Officers with the help of a K-9 caught Spells on Kelly Avenue.

He was charged with felonious assault on an officer, weapons under disability, carrying a concealed weapon and assault on a police K-9.

According to the police department, Spells admitted pointing the gun at the officer and pulling the trigger.

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