Akron man charged with shooting 2 women arrested in Myrtle Beach

CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) – The Akron man accused of capturing two ladies on July 30 as a part of an ongoing feud is again behind bars, this time in South Carolina.

Police in Myrtle Seaside arrested Jason Turkovich on Aug. 8 after a involved citizen from Northeast Ohio tipped off officers in South Carolina that he was wished in Akron.

Turkovich was in a position to put up 10 % of his $100,000 bond and get out of jail in Summit County on Aug. 4, simply days after he allegedly shot 21-year-old Teasijah Rogers and her aunt, Kayla Holt, on Stoddard Avenue.

A 3rd girl, a household good friend of the capturing victims was not injured, advised police she fired again at Turkovich in self-defense. She instantly surrendered her gun to the police.

Turkovich, who police stated initially took off once they arrived, ultimately surrendered on July 30 and was charged with 3 counts of felonious assault. When he was launched from jail, he didn’t get a court-ordered ankle monitor so the courts might know his location always.

DeShawna Johnson, who lived on the Stoddard Avenue condo along with her daughter, says she’s relieved to listen to about Turkovich’s arrest.

“I’m so extraordinarily pleased,” Johnson stated. “No less than I really feel safer to even go wherever or security for my daughter, as a result of I didn’t assume it might finish if he was out on the road.”

19 Information requested Johnson what was behind the on-going feud with Turkovich, “I feel it’s a superior factor. I feel he has an issue with getting advised what to do, I feel particularly by ladies.”

However, Johnson is very disillusioned with the justice system, saying Turkovich was charged with aggravated menacing six days earlier than the capturing for threatening her daughter with a knife and it was caught on digicam.

“A knife being pulled I don’t assume he ought to have gotten out on a signature bond. He nonetheless might have been in jail from that incident and never in a position to shoot my daughter and sister if he was held on bond for that.”

The Akron Clerk of Court docket’s Workplace advised 19 Information that Turkovich was summoned to court docket for the aggravated menacing offense and failed to point out up for court docket.

However, Johnson says a person who has already confirmed he’s harmful has now positioned a video of the capturing of her daughter on a social media web page and hijacked the photograph her daughter snapped of him when he pulled a gun earlier than allegedly capturing her.

On the photograph of Jason Turkovich with a gun drawn and carrying a bulletproof vest, he has now allegedly positioned the phrases ‘God’s Plan’.

“He believes he did nothing improper, that’s as a result of the system retains letting him go.”

Turkovich’s different prison prices previous to the capturing embrace, three counts of violating a safety order associated to his ex-wife on July nineteenth. He was out launched on July 21 in that case.

On July 24, he was charged with aggravated menacing and a number of other different prices for pulling a knife on his neighbor. He was additionally charged with menacing on July 23, accused of threatening Johnson.

Turkovich’s bond has been revoked on his pending circumstances by Akron Municipal Court docket. He’s anticipated to be introduced again to Summit County from South Carolina by the top of the month.

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