Ohio grandfather, 61, ‘shoots his OWN grandson, 22, to death following a domestic dispute’
- Police in Akron, Ohio say Dan Schaffer fatally shot his grandson, Cody Czerpak
- Frantic neighbors phoned police Sunday night, reporting screams and gunshots
- Police said the 61-year-old was in the home when they arrived. He was taken into custody and booked to jail
- Schaffer’s 22-year-old grandson had a six-month-old and four-year-old child
Ohio grandfather, Dan Schaffer, 61, (above in his mugshot) is accused of killing his grandson
An Ohio man is facing murder charges after he allegedly shot his own grandson to death after an argument inside his home late Sunday.
At least four horrified neighbors of the 61-year-old grandpa, Dan Schaffer, phoned Akron police to report sounds of screaming and gunshots around 10:30pm, according to local WKYC 3.
Schaffer’s 22-year-old grandson, Cody Czerpak, was identified as the victim who died.
Frantic 911 audio obtained by the station hears one female neighbor as she tells the dispatcher what happened.
The woman is heard telling the dispatcher: ‘Somebody just got shot… it’s my next door neighbor. I heard a big old bang first and then I heard the screaming.’
Another neighbor is heard screaming in a emergency call: ‘It’s his grandpa! He shot him!’
Police said Schaffer was in the home when they arrived to the scene. He was taken into custody and booked to the Summit County Jail.
Schaffer’s grandson, Cody Czerpak, 22, (pictured above) was identified as the victim who died in the Sunday domestic dispute. The young man had two children
Czerpak is pictured above. His grandfather is facing murder charges in his death
The station reports that Czerpak had a six-month-old baby and four-year-old child.
A GoFundMe page, titled ‘Brianna and her babies,’ was set up by a woman named Carla Long.
Long wrote in the page description: ‘Brianna and her two children are two babies are two of many of the victims traumatized by the fatal shooting of the children’s father.
‘I’m attempting to raise funds to assist with this difficult event.’
Further investigation is underway.
The shooting happened at the 500 block of Rothrock Road in Akron (seen above)
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