Homicide case will be presented to grand jury

Staff report

HUBBARD — Hubbard Township Detective D. Michael Begeot said he and the Trumbull County prosecutor’s office will make a direct presentment to a county grand jury sometime next week in the shooting death of Robert J. Flynn, a son of Kathy Gaines and stepson of Terry Rankin, both of Ohio Street in Masury.

Detective Begeot said this is often the procedure in serious cases such as homicide. He also said the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Identification and Investigation is processing the car in which Flynn was riding.

Flynn would have been a freshman at Brookfield High School this fall. A candlelight vigil is planned at 3 p.m. Sunday at the high school.

He was shot early Monday at 1628 S. Stateline Road and died in St. Elizabeth Health Center, Youngstown. Dr. David Kennedy, Mahoning County coroner, ruled his death a homicide, caused by a single gunshot wound to the head.

Karen Adams, 29, of the State- line Road address, was charged with tampering with evidence, a third-degree felony. She was arraigned Tuesday in Girard Municipal Court, and her preliminary hearing will be at 9 a.m. Wednesday.

Police Chief Todd Coonce said a .22-caliber gun was hidden from police, who recovered about a dozen guns at the residence of Paul Sundy of Stateline Road. Coonce described Adams as the girlfriend of Sundy, the homeowner. Three Trumbull County deputy sheriffs assisted in the property search.

Coonce said events began with a phone call to the 16- or 17-year-old daughter of Sundy, who intercepted the call. A heated discussion ensued. Flynn and two 17-year-old males and one 16-year-old male drove to the Stateline Road address, and the shooting occurred.

The boys left the Stateline Road property and called Trumbull County 911 at 2:44 a.m.; Brookfield Township police met them.