Youngstown police probe shootings of two men on North Side

Youngstown police probe shootings of two men on North Side

YOUNGSTOWN

Richard Labooth, 34, of 560 East Avondale Ave. and Jeffrey J. Rivera, 24, of 35 North Bruce Street were shot several times at 441 Lora Avenue and driven to St. Elizabeth Health Center over the weeken d.

Police said 43 shots were fired at the Lora address, and police collected multiple bullet casings and bullet fragments after the 11:30 p.m. Friday shooting.

Labooth was listed in good condition after being shot several times in the legs. Rivera was shot several times in the leg, back and arm. The hospital had no condition on him Sunday evening.

When Youngstown police made contact with Labooth, who was inside a car being driven erratically on Juanita Avenue on the North Side, Labooth said shots were fired from a car driving past him on Lora Avenue while Labooth was standing in the front yard of an abandoned home.

Police recovered a weapon from the vehicle that brought Rivera to the hospital.