Man found dead in West Side home

YOUNGSTOWN — A 42-year-old man was found dead at 3 p.m. today, shot in the back of the head, lying in a pool of blood on the floor of the kitchen of a house in the 600 block of Manchester Avenue on the city’s West Side.

The man’s death is being investigated as a homicide, said Rick Jamrozik, an investigator with the Mahoning County Coroner’s office. He said no weapon or shell casings were found at the scene.

According to a Youngstown Police Department report, a male acquaintance of the victim entered the house with a key after seeing his car in the driveway when the victim should have been at work.

The acquaintance told police he last talked to the victim at about 4 p.m. Tuesday when they agreed to meet later to work out together, but he never showed up.

Police said there was no sign of forced entry to the home. The windows were secure, and nothing in the victim’s house appeared to be disturbed.