Youngstown cops looking for man who beat down his ex-girlfriend

YOUNGSTOWN — Police are searching for a man who beat his ex-girlfriend then chased the woman down with a gun.

According to police, officers received a call about a woman being chased on the East Side by a man carrying a firearm at 11:11 p.m. Tuesday. When officers arrived, they found the 32-year-old Campbell woman standing in the 1600 block of Shehy Street.

The woman told police her ex-boyfriend followed her to a friends house then walked up on her and assaulted her. She started to run, reports say, and he pulled out a handgun and chased her up the street until she was able to hide in a field.

Reports say the incident was witnessed by two of the woman’s friends, but one declined to be listed as a witness.