Youngstown man shot in stomach
YOUNGSTOWN — A man shot in the abdomen at 88 Haseltine Ave. on the East Side was taken to St. Elizabeth Health Center around 3 p.m. today. Travis Garcia was in the emergency room late this afternoon and his condition was not available. George Zupko, a next-door neighbor, said he didn’t hear the gunfire but did hear police sirens.
Zupko identified the victim as an 18-year-old resident of the house who grew up with his grandkids. “He’s basically a good kid,” Zupko said. “I was thinking maybe they were fooling around with a weapon but then a detective followed tracks through the back yard.”
Police were interviewing a crying man in back of a cruiser at the scene. Zupko said the man is the shooting victim’s cousin.