Murder trial under way for South Side man

YOUNGSTOWN — Edward C. Anderson purposely killed his girlfriend, Mary M. Thompson, by shooting her after an argument in the East Philadelphia Avenue residence they shared, said Robert Bush, assistant Mahoning County prosecutor.

Bush made the comment today in his opening statement to a jury as Anderson’s murder trial began. Shortly after shooting Thompson three times in her back on July 15, 2004, Anderson came onto the porch, looked around, jumped into his Cadillac and departed, leaving her to die, Bush told the eight-woman, four-man jury.

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