City man wounded on East Side; arrest made in West Side shooting

YOUNGSTOWN — Police are investigating several incidents involving gun play in the city with one man suffering a bullet wound to the leg.

Terrance Howell, 19, of West Marion Avenue, told police he was standing in the front lawn of a home in the 1400 block of Woodcrest Avenue on the East Side at 9:45 p.m. Thursday when a burgundy and gray Buick Regal drove by with its occupants firing gunshots at him and his group of friends.

Howell was shot once in the calf and taken to St. Elizabeth Health Center.

Police found three .40-caliber shell casing near the house where Howell had been standing.

City resident Dominick DeFrank, 37, of Florist Street was arrested and charged with felony carrying a concealed weapon and misdemeanor aggravated menacing after a gun-related incident on the city’s West Side just before 8:30 p.m. Thursday.