An Akron man was sentenced to life in prison after a judge found him guilty of the 2022 murder of a 34-year-old woman, Toni Westover. Quinton Nixon, 33, represented himself during the trial that began on October 1 and concluded with his conviction, as reported by
Cleveland19
. Summit County Common Pleas Court Judge Christine Croce determined Nixon would be eligible for parole after serving 21 years.
Nixon was also placed on Ohio’s Violent Crime Registry due to the violent nature of the crime, meaning if released, he must register with the local sheriff every year for ten years,
WKYC
reported. The charges for which Nixon was convicted include two counts of murder with gun specifications, felonious assault with a gun specification, and tampering with evidence.
Elliot Kolkovich, Summit County Prosecutor, expressed his stance on the verdict, “Quinton Nixon shot and killed Toni Westover. He deserves to spend the rest of his life in prison. Thank you to the Akron Police Department and my assistant prosecutors for their hard work in getting justice for Toni,” according to a statement obtained by
WKYC
. The victim, a medical assistant, is survived by a seven-year-old daughter, “She loved being a mother,” her sister reflected in a
Cleveland19
interview, “Her daughter was her world.”
The case unfolded when Westover was fatally shot at around 2:20 a.m. on July 25, 2022, in Akron’s Kenmore neighborhood. Nearly one month after the murder, Akron police arrested Nixon following a SWAT standoff at a home on Gridley Avenue, where an AR-15 rifle and shotgun were recovered. Besides the murder conviction, Nixon was found guilty of improperly handling a firearm in a motor vehicle related to a separate incident in June 2022, when shots were fired on Kenmore Boulevard near Manchester Road, as detailed by
WKYC
.
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