More details released on latest shooting in Youngstown

YOUNGSTOWN — A 16-year-old girl is dead and a man critically wounded after a shooting on the city’s South Side late Wednesday.

Police responded to a report of gunshots on the 100 block of West Delason Avenue around 10:30 p.m. and found a black Pontiac Grand Am had hit a utility pole near Hillman Street.

Both occupants were nonresponsive upon arrival by the police. The female passenger was found slumped over in her seat with bullet wounds to her back and torso, and the driver was slumped against the steering wheel bleeding from a head wound.

The victims were identified as Randolph Jeter, 19, and Lashonda Shaw, 16 Both had the same Cedar Lane address on the city’s East Side, police said.

An ambulance took both to St. Elizabeth Health Center, where the girl was pronounced dead. Jeter, who showed staggered breathing at the scene, is in critical condition and was placed on life support in intensive care

According to a police report, a witness saw two vehicles beside each other near 196 West Delason Ave., one being the black Grand Am. Moments later, the witness heard gunshots and watched the Grand Am head slowly toward Hillman Avenue as the other car sped away in the opposite direction. The Grand Am softly hit a utility pole on the north side of the street, stopped, then slowly rolled backwards onto the street.

Authorities found broken glass and numerous bullet casings in the street front of 196 West Delason Ave., and counted seven bullet holes on the passenger side door of the Grand Am.

The shooting death would be the city’s 15th homicide this year. There were 14 homicides in Youngstown at this time in 2007.

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