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The Akron Beacon Journal reported Pierre Wade was arrested on a felony murder charge in the shooting death of Larretta Allison.

The Akron Beacon Journal reported Pierre Wade was arrested on a felony murder charge in the Oct. 28, 2026, shooting death of Larretta Allison, 36, inside a Stow home, and that he is due in Stow Municipal Court at 10 a.m. Nov. 2. WKYC reported Pierre N. Wade, 38, and a first-degree felony murder charge, and set the arraignment as a video hearing Monday at 10 a.m. WKYC spells her Allisson and Allison in the same story. A handgun in his vehicle is both accounts.

By Crime Talk Network Staff Writer · · Updated

Felony murder is the Akron Beacon Journal's charge. First-degree felony murder is WKYC's. Allisson, Allison, and Larretta Ann Allison are three spellings in WKYC, and Larretta Allison is the Beacon Journal. A video arraignment Monday at 10 a.m., and an appearance at 10 a.m. Nov. 2, are not the same date string. The handgun in the vehicle is what both accounts reported was found. It is not a court finding that it was the gun in the house.

The Akron Beacon Journal reported police filed a murder charge against the boyfriend of the 36-year-old woman found shot to death inside a Stow home on Oct. 28, and that Pierre Wade was arrested on a felony murder charge in the shooting death of Larretta Allison. It reported police describe him as her boyfriend in an update Stow police posted, that the Cuyahoga County Sheriff's Office located him in Cleveland and initially took him into custody on an unrelated failure-to-appear warrant, and that a handgun was found in his vehicle. It reported he will appear in Stow Municipal Court at 10 a.m. Nov. 2. The scheduling sentence uses the first name Pierre. The story does not print a middle initial, an age for him, Saturday, Sunday, a video appearance, or the name of the jail. WKYC, by Justin McMullen, Tyler Carey and Amaya Ward, published Saturday, Oct. 31, 2026, at 10:58 a.m. EDT and updated at the same time, reported Pierre N. Wade, 38, and a first-degree felony murder charge that Stow police on Saturday said Summit County prosecutors authorized. The same story's lead says he is facing murder charges. A first-degree felony murder charge, and murder charges, are not the same count. Felony murder, and first-degree felony murder, are not the same phrase. WKYC reported a Sunday morning press release from the Stow Police Department in a story published Saturday morning. Sunday and Saturday are not the same day. The Beacon Journal's Oct. 31 account did not print Sunday or Saturday.

The name is not one spelling. The Beacon Journal uses Larretta Allison and does not print a middle name. WKYC's headline and deck use Larretta Allisson. Its identification sentence says the victim has been identified as Larretta Ann Allison, 36. Its photograph caption says Larretta Ann Allisson. A later sentence says investigators were looking into Allison's relationships. Allisson, Allison, and Larretta Ann Allison are not the same spelling. Age 36 is both. Age 38 and the middle initial N. are WKYC. The Beacon Journal does not print them. WKYC reported Cuyahoga County sheriff's deputies located him in Cleveland and arrested him on an unrelated warrant issued by Stow police for failure to appear, that a handgun was recovered from the vehicle, and that police had sent a be-on-the-lookout notice Friday for the vehicle he was driving. Located by the sheriff's office, and located by sheriff's deputies, are not the same subject. An unrelated failure-to-appear warrant, and an unrelated warrant for failure to appear, are close and not the same sentence. WKYC reported he was booked and processed at Stow City Jail and then transferred to the Summit County Jail, to be held until a video arraignment with Stow Municipal Court on Monday at 10 a.m. The Beacon Journal printed 10 a.m. Nov. 2 and did not print video, Monday, Stow City Jail, or the Summit County Jail. Monday at 10 a.m. and 10 a.m. Nov. 2 are not the same date string. A video arraignment and an appearance are not the same word.

The call that brought officers to the house is not one errand. The Beacon Journal reported officers were called to a home in the 4000 block of Vira Road around 5:30 p.m. on Oct. 28 to assist a landlord with an eviction process for a tenant, that Stow Police Chief Heather Prusha said that in a previous interview, and that the tenant's relatives came after officers arrived because they had not been able to get in touch with the person who lived there. It reported she had been shot to death, suffered multiple gunshot wounds, and was pronounced dead at the scene at 5:52 p.m., according to the Summit County Medical Examiner's Office, and that Prusha said she had been deceased for a couple of days. It reported the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation is assisting. WKYC reported officers were called to the Vira Road residence just before 5:30 p.m. Wednesday "to assist a landlord with a tenant issue," and that family members said they had been unable to reach her. Around 5:30 p.m. and just before 5:30 p.m. are not the same time. An eviction process and a tenant issue are not the same job. The 4000 block, and Vira Road with no block, are not the same address. Relatives of the tenant, and family members of the victim, are not the same description. 5:52 p.m., the medical examiner's pronouncement, deceased for a couple of days, and the Bureau of Criminal Investigation are the Beacon Journal. WKYC does not print them. WKYC reported that in a Thursday interview with 3News, Prusha said there was a discrepancy about who last had contact with her and that it seemed like a couple of days since anyone had contact. Deceased for a couple of days, and a couple of days since anyone had contact, are not the same fact. WKYC reported she suffered multiple gunshot wounds and did not print a pronouncement time.

Thursday's interview and Saturday's charge are not the same step. WKYC reported Prusha said Thursday, "We do believe that it was a targeted shooting," and that there is a one-in-three chance a homicide is domestic-related, "and so that's where we're starting." That interview is before the charge WKYC reported police announced Saturday. The Beacon Journal's arrest story does not print targeted or the one-in-three line. A handgun found in the vehicle is what both accounts reported. Neither account reported a court finding that the handgun was used in the house. Boyfriend is the description both used. It is not a conviction. The felony-murder charge and the first-degree felony murder charge are the words those outlets printed. All defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.

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