Shooting victim is identified
YOUNGSTOWN — Police have identified a man gunned down on Ellenwood Avenue as Charles E. Allen, 33, of East Philadelphia Avenue. Allen, shot in the lower back, remained in critical condition Tuesday in St. Elizabeth Health Center.
Police were called to the 100 block of Ellenwood around 8:45 p.m. Monday to investigate reports of a shooting and found Allen lying face down in a grassy field near the street. He was able to tell officers that a man wearing a red shirt and blue jeans shot him. Witnesses to the shooting indicated that it appeared to be the result of some dispute between Allen and the gunman and wasn’t a robbery, police said.