Man tries to hide gun in South Side home

YOUNGSTOWN — A man police said ran away from them into a house and left a gun there is in the Mahoning County jail on $40,000 bond after his arraignment in municipal court today.

Marquise Shelton, 22, of Youngstown, was arraigned before Magistrate Anthony Sertick on carrying concealed weapon and resisting arrest charges after he was arrested earlier this week by members of the Mahoning Valley Task Force.

A task force report said members were on patrol as part of the Violence Interruption Program when they spotted Shelton in a car on South Avenue about 4:15 p.m. Tuesday.

One of the task force members said they went to pull the car over because they know Shelton does not have a driver’s license.

Instead, he led them on a chase to Potomac Avenue, where he stopped the car and ran into a home. He did not come out until city police surrounded the home.

The homeowner said he did not know Shelton and did not want him inside. In a bedroom where Shelton hid, task force members found a 9mm semiautomatic handgun which the homeowner said was not his.

Shelton has been in jail since his arrest.