Albert Street homeowner tired of having his house shot up

YOUNGSTOWN — Francis Humphries has called his Albert Street neighborhood home for more than three decades, but now the 70-year-old is growing weary of living there.

It’s not the house or the neighbors that have Humphries looking differently at the area he has called home for so many years. He enjoys the house and has watched scores of young people, including his own children, grow into adulthood.

A glance at the yellow aluminum siding outside Humphries’ home tells why he is frustrated with the changing neighborhood. Humphries can count the bullet holes in the siding and can remember a general date for each of the holes.

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