Man shot in leg

Man shot in leg
YOUNGSTOWN -- Bruce Givens, 37, of South Main Street, told police he drove himself to the hospital Friday morning after he was shot in the leg after an argument about a car. Givens said a man at Executive auto sales on South Avenue shot him at about 11:30 a.m., then chased him as he ran to his car. The man beat Givens in the head with his gun before Givens was able to drive away, he said. Reports said Givens had bruises on the left side of his face. He was treated at Forum Health Northside Medical Center. Police are investigating.
Equipment missing
AUSTINTOWN -- An employee of Western-Southern Life Insurance Co., 420 S. Canfield-Niles Road, discovered $4,200 worth of equipment missing when she reported to work Tuesday morning.
The employee told police she last saw the equipment intact around 8 p.m. Monday and discovered it missing around 10:30 a.m. Tuesday. She notified police Wednesday.
Unexplained death
AUSTINTOWN -- Police are awaiting a coroner's report regarding the unexplained death of a 40-year-old Canfield man whose body was discovered early Thursday.
Charles J. Mullins, 3503 Orchard Hill Drive, was discovered dead in his bed around 12:45 a.m. by his wife. Mullins' wife told police that her husband was a drug user who had recently begun treatment and that she last saw him up and walking around about 2:30 p.m. when she left their house. When she returned, police reports state, Mullins was asleep. His wife said she checked on him periodically through the night and found him not breathing shortly after midnight. Police said they discovered ten 10-milligram methadone pills missing from a prescription bottle in the house.
Pandemonium possible
PITTSBURGH (AP) -- A hot football rivalry mixed with a holiday parade could create a traffic stew in Pittsburgh on Saturday.
Fifth Avenue and a section of Liberty Avenue in downtown Pittsburgh will be closed for the 22nd annual "Celebrate the Season" parade, which is set to begin at 9 a.m. and usually ends by 11 a.m.
At the same time, fans will probably be heading to the city's North Shore to tailgate before the Pittsburgh-West Virginia football game, which starts at 1 p.m. at Heinz Field. The game is a sellout of 65,000, and the teams sold 2,000 standing-room seats.