Akron man dies after fight

Thomas Rondy, 56, died Wednesday at Akron City Hospital. He was involved in a fight with another man on May 6 near his Pondview Avenue home.

[ArthurFonzarelli]

Well, if it has been ruled a homicide and they interviewed the person he fought, then they are surely in custody...I would hope!

[Tinkerbell]

Does anyone know anything about this fight?

[class_o_92]

Tinkerbell wrote:

Does anyone know anything about this fight?

i'm curious too. where's pondview? what side of town?

[Akronite]

class_o_92 wrote:

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i'm curious too. where's pondview? what side of town?

It is on the East Side by Goodyear's buildings.

[Tinkerbell]

Pondview runs all the way over to Newton Street. Just wondering if anyone saw the fight. I knew the victim when I was in school, and am sad about this.

[Sandy]

I was Tom's ex-wife. From what I have been told his house keeps getting broke into by the same 17 yr.old that did this to him over play station game and games. This is off Newton St. and even if it's the worst area of town doesn't everyone deserve to be protected?
No one should be allowed to get away with that...

[Tinkerbell]

I am so sorry to hear that Sandy. Did they catch the kid?

[Know him well]

Pondview runs from Newton street & across Goodyear Blvd. & dead ends into the street that Maaco is on. Regardless of where it is Tommy was never an upstanding person, and was always prone to fighting. Where is his house in the Falls. Always in the Heights fighting & disorderly.

[Tinkerbell]

Wow, you sound kind of bitter "Knows him well." Regardless of what you think of him, I am sure there are plenty of people that love him and miss him. It takes a real nasty person to write what you just did. My sympathies to Tommy's family and friends.

[Thomas Rondy]

He was my father!! He might not have been the best father but no one deserves to die like that!He will be missed and remembered by all who knew him!

[concerned taxpayer]

tinkerbell is that you Joanne, do you have a brother Dave, is he still in Alaska,yes as you said he will still be missed by those who knew & loved him. I grew up in the heights down by the park

[Black and Proud]

This is sad my sympathies to the family

[Ohio]

My dad wasn't the best either but that doesn't change the fact that he has family that loved him. R.I.P

[underlying reasons]

Very sorry family and friends...

[THE BRICKSLAYER]

ArthurFonzarelli wrote:

Well, if it has been ruled a homicide and they interviewed the person he fought, then they are surely in custody...I would hope!

hoicide only means he was killed by another human, it does not indicate it was a criminal homicide, the other man might have been justified in killing.

[Tommys daughter-in-law]

This 17 year old kid assaulted him. He did not try to fight anyone. This kid came up behind him and cold-cocked him. "Knew him well"... how long ago did you know Tommy well? Because he is not the same Tom Rondy you knew. He was a very well liked and loved man, and in the 7 years I have known him, he has been like a father to me and has never tried to start a fight with anyone. All he was doing was trying to protect his own property. Now he is gone because of some punk kid. Tommy was greatly loved and and will be forever missed.
Thomas, I know your sister Raeann would love to hear from you. Please contact her.

[Charlotte Pringle Rondy]

Know him well wrote:

Pondview runs from Newton street & across Goodyear Blvd. & dead ends into the street that Maaco is on. Regardless of where it is Tommy was never an upstanding person, and was always prone to fighting. Where is his house in the Falls. Always in the Heights fighting & disorderly.

If you are man enough to put down a deceased man, then why are you not man enough to let us know who you are?

[Brown Palace]

Ohio wrote:

My dad wasn't the best either but that doesn't change the fact that he has family that loved him. R.I.P

Was alcohol involved?

[Tommys daughter-in-law]

Brown Palace wrote:

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Was alcohol involved?

Not on Tommy's part, I don't know about the kid.

[Bill Rondy]

This is a true tragedy. Tom was my brother and will all ways be my brother.No one deserves to be struck down like this. Only a lowlife scumbag coward would attack another human being in this manner. I sure hope however you are, you get whats comeing to you legally or illegally. RIP my brother my prayers are with you and will miss haveing you around when we're in Ohio. Love Tom
Bill, Sue, Ken & Becky.