Two men burst into South Side home, shoot resident

YOUNGSTOWN — Police are looking for two men who burst into a South Side home, shooting one resident multiple times.

Officers were sent to a home in the 300 block of Ravenwood just after noon Tuesday. Officers were immediately approached by a young boy who said his father had been shot.

Officers found Joseph McClendon, 62, shot several times. He was taken to St. Elizabeth Health Center for treatment.

Witnesses inside the house the officers were told that two men, one carrying a handgun and the other an assault rifle, came into the home. Witnesses said the man carrying the rifle shot the resident while the other man held a gun on the other occupants of the home.

Police are searching for the men with the use of a police dog.