U.S. Marshals in WV Apprehend Ohio Waffle House Shooting Suspect

Charleston, WV - Members of the Southern District of West Virginia U.S. Marshals CUFFED Task Force (Cops United Felony Fugitive Enforcement Division) today arrested a man wanted by authorities in Ohio for felonious assault in reference to a September 2024 shooting at an Akron Waffle House.

Taerin Young, 22, of Akron, was taken into custody at approximately 9 a.m. at a residence in Clendenin. During the arrest, two firearms, 52 grams of fentanyl, and nearly $10,000 in currency were also seized. 

Springfield, Ohio, Township Police responded around 2:30 a.m. Sept. 28, 2024, to a report of a shooting incident at the Waffle House at 3031 South Arlington Road. Police said individuals in two vehicles driving north on Arlington Road discharged multiple firearms toward a group of individuals gathered outside the open restaurant. Some of the group outside the restaurant then returned fire. No injuries were reported as a result of the shooting. Young is currently incarcerated in West Virginia and is awaiting extradition back to Ohio.  

The U.S. Marshals CUFFED Task Force and U.S. Marshals Northern Ohio Violent Fugitive Task Force (NOVFTF). The Kanawha County Sheriff’s Office Warrant Division and the Metropolitan Drug Enforcement Network Team (MDENT) aided in the apprehension.