2 shot near North Side Post Office

YOUNGSTOWN

Gunfire erupted on the city’s North Side early Wednesday evening, leaving two gunshot victims and police searching multiple crime scenes.

Passers-by took Mack Hill, 19, of Crandall Avenue to North Side Medical Center, where he was treated for a gunshot wound to his knee.

Bryon Thomas, 25, of West Marion Avenue was taken to St. Elizabeth Health Center with gunshot wounds to his hand and legs.

Shortly after 5 p.m. the front door glass to a Belmont Avenue Chinese restaurant was shattered with obvious multiple bullet holes. The entrance to the post office on Guadalupe Avenue was covered in blood and police were combing Alameda and Belmont avenues in search of evidence.

Witnesses said two men started fighting or wrestling in the parking lot of the Chinese restaurant with one of the men holding a handgun.

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