Police ID man found shot to death on city’s North Side

YOUNGSTOWN — Police have identified a man found dead over the weekend, but they are still looking for the person or people involved in the killing.

Police identified the man as James Cummings, 29, of East Boston Avenue. His body was discovered lying face down in a field in the area of Tod Lane and Kensington Avenue on the North Side just before 8:30 a.m. Sunday by a man walking his dog.

Reports say Cummings had been shot in the back of the head and someone attempted to set his body on fire with some type of flammable liquid.