Task force asks public to help catch man charged with March shooting

YOUNGSTOWN — Police believe Devante Gilmore helped gun down a 16-year-old teen on the city’s East Side and now they want the public’s help in finding him.

Gilmore, 18, is wanted in connection with the March shooting of De’Vail Fleeton, 16, of the city’s North Side. De'Vail was shot and killed while visiting a female friend on the East Side.

Witnesses told police five black men wearing black, hooded sweat shirts and red ball caps chased De’Vail on March 26 from the Plaza View Apartments across Stewart Avenue and McGuffey Road, firing at the teen as he ran. After he fell, the suspects ran back into Plaza View.

De’Vail had been shot once in the back and later died of that gunshot wound.

Mark Gillette of the Mahoning Valley Violent Crimes Task Force said a warrant was issued for Gilmore’s arrest April 1 and officers have been trying to find him since that date.

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