Teen girl shot to death, companion wounded on South Side

YOUNGSTOWN — A 16-year-old girl is dead and a man critically wounded after someone shot up the passenger side of their vehicle on the city’s South Side late Wednesday.

Police responded to a report of gunshots on the 100 block of West Delason Avenue near 10:30 p.m., where they 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 showed staggered breathing while slumped against the steering wheel.

The occupants were identified as Randolph Jeter, 19, and Lashonda Shaw, 16, both of who listed a Cedar Lane address on the city’s East Side.

An ambulance took both to St. Elizabeth Health Center, where the teen girl was pronounced dead. Jeter is in critical condition and was in intensive care at 9:30 a.m. today.

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