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Man arraigned in May 19 shooting
The shooting sent one juvenile to the hospital.
YOUNGSTOWN — A city man is being held in Mahoning County Jail in lieu of a $250,000 bond in a shooting that took place earlier this month.
Cornel Kennedy, 24, of Seneca Street, was arraigned before Magistrate Anthony Sertik in Youngstown Municipal Court on Thursday morning. He is charged with felonious assault stemming from a May 19 incident in which a juvenile was shot in the shoulder.
During arraignment, prosecutors read a list of firearm and weapon-related charges and other issues in Kennedy’s history. Magistrate Sertik said those factors were considered in the setting of Kennedy’s bond.
Sertik set Kennedy’s bond at $250,000 and ordered that he have no contact with the 17-year-old boy who was shot in the shoulder.
According to police, officers were sent to the intersection of Margaret and Delaware streets shortly after 5 p.m. May 19 for gunfire in the area. Witnesses told officers that a white SUV and a silver car were involved in a gunbattle.
Officers later went to Forum Health Northside Hospital to speak to the shooting victim. The teen told police he was leaving a home in the 800 or 900 block of Delaware Avenue when a silver car approached with the driver opening fire on his car.
The car was hit by four bullets along the left side and rear end. Prosecutors said police recovered six casings at the scene of the shooting. The teen drove himself to the hospital after being shot in the shoulder.
The victim and a witness reportedly identified Kennedy as the man shooting from the silver car.
Youngstown police and members of the Northern Ohio Violent Fugitive Task Force arrested Kennedy at his home early Wednesday. Reports say he was taken into custody without incident.
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