Youngstown police still looking for motive in double homicide

YOUNGSTOWN — Police are still trying to determine why a 20-year-old man and his 17-year-old girlfriend were gunned down on the city’s South Side.

Police found Juanetta Franklin, and Pako Lacey, both of Youngstown, shot to death Tuesday afternoon in the upstairs apartment at a duplex at 240 E. Avondale Ave.

Detective Sgt. John Perdue said today police have received few calls from the public concerning the shooting. He said the department is asking that anyone with information to call the department’s detective division or Crime Stoppers of Greater Youngstown at 330-746-2583.

Officers went to the duplex after receiving a call shortly before 2 p.m. Lacey was found lying in the bed with gunshot wounds to his buttocks, back and upper left shoulder. Not far from Lacey, they found Franklin lying on the floor covered with a blanket.

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