Warren man jailed after Washington Street shooting

WARREN

Archie M. Cooper, 38, of Washington Street Northeast, pleaded innocent to felonious assault Friday in Warren

Municipal Court after police said he shot another man several times in the leg early Friday.

Police said Cooper and the victim, a 48-year-old Parkman Road Southwest man, were arguing on Cooper’s porch near Mercer Street about 4:20 a.m. regarding a juvenile female. The victim said Cooper shot at him, so he ran down Washington Street to get away. Officers recovered six bullet casings on the sidewalk.

Cooper was on the sidewalk when police arrived and said he shot the victim because he feared for his life. Police removed a handgun from Cooper’s waistband.

Cooper is in the Trumbull County jail in lieu of $5,000 bond. The victim was treated at Forum Health Trumbull

Memorial Hospital.