Tuesday, August 18, 2009
YOUNGSTOWN — Gunfire erupted Monday morning on the city’s South Side, sending a man to the hospital. Police are searching for the shooter.
According to police, a not-yet-identified man was driving a gold Chevrolet Prizm in the area of Oak Hill Avenue and Chicago Street at 11:39 a.m. when the vehicle was riddled with bullets and the driver shot in the head.
The car crashed into a utility pole after the shooting.
The ambulance crew began working on the man a short time after the shooting and determined he was still alive after suffering the wound.
He was taken to St. Elizabeth Health Center for treatment.
Reports say witnesses told police that people in a light-green or blue SUV had been shooting at the man then took off before police arrived. Police did not find any shell casings in the car or immediate area of the shooting.
Reports say police did find a loaded Glock .40-caliber handgun tucked between the legs of the wounded man.
The gun fell to the floor of the car as emergency personnel worked on him.
The victim was not carrying any identification, and he was not positively identified at press time late Monday.