Probe continues

Probe continues

YOUNGSTOWN

Police continue investigating the shooting of a 21-year-old East LaClede Avenue man who reported to St. Elizabeth Youngstown Hospital about 8:20 p.m. Wednesday.

Reports said police found a car in the parking lot that had blood on the seats and a window shot out. A witness told police he was in the car with the victim on Emery Avenue near South Avenue when the windows shattered from gunfire.

The witness said the 21-year-old told him he was shot, and they drove to the hospital. The victim told police he saw someone standing near his car in a dark, hooded sweatshirt and then heard several shots and was hit.

Reports said officers found a 0.38-caliber revolver in the car and six bullets.

Land Bank meeting

YOUNGSTOWN

The April meeting of Mahoning County Land Bank Board of Directors will focus on community dialogue. Directors and land bank employees will gather for the land bank’s annual meeting at 6 p.m. Wednesday in the Radius Room of the Davis Center at Fellows Riverside Gardens, 123 McKinley Ave.

After the brief business meeting, directors will lead a question-and-answer session with audience members about the land bank’s programs and initiatives to revitalize vacant, abandoned property.

“This meeting is the latest in our continuing efforts to inform the public about the work being done by the land bank to eliminate blight and restore tax-delinquent, abandoned properties to productive use,” says county Treasurer Daniel R. Yemma, chairman of the land bank’s board.

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