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Youngstown man charged in shooting
YOUNGSTOWN
A city man is in Mahoning County jail, charged with the robbery and shooting of a longtime friend at an East Side private club.
Kenyatta Collins, 36, of Plazaview Court, appeared Wednesday before Magistrate Anthony Sertick of Youngstown Municipal Court on charges of aggravated robbery. The magistrate handed down a bond of $150,000.
Collins, who told the court he has no income, will be represented by a court-appointed attorney.
Collins’ past criminal history includes several driving under the influence of alcohol or drug offenses, felonious assault, drug possession, domestic violence, assault, disorderly conduct, carrying concealed weapons, receiving stolen property and resisting arrest.
Police were called to the North Fruit Street area just after 10 p.m. Tuesday for a shooting. They arrived to find a 32-year-old East Side man sitting in a Cadillac conscious but bleeding from gunshot wounds to the stomach.
The man had been shot multiple times.
The victim told police he had been shot by Collins, a lifelong friend. The victim told officers Collins invited him to the Himrod Progressive Club for drinks.
He said Collins shot him and robbed him of $250 after leaving the bar while walking to his car in the parking lot.
The victim was taken to surgery at St. Elizabeth Health Center and listed in stable condition Wednesday afternoon.
Police arrested Collins two hours after the shooting at his East Side home.