What started as a yelling match ended a second after Daryk Maki, 30 of Wadsworth, shoved 32-year-old Ryan Schafer of Canton. Falling back, Schafer quickly drew his gun and pulled the trigger , fatally striking Maki in the neck.

Maki was pronounced dead nine days later.

After hearing a week's worth of evidence, jurors are now deliberating whether Schafer acted in self-defense when he shot Maki on Nov. 6, 2024, near Akron's Ellet neighborhood.

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