2 injured in separate South Side shootings

YOUNGSTOWN

Shootings Monday afternoon and this morning that injured two people on the South Side give police three shooting investigations in less than 72 hours.

At about 12:50 a.m. today, police were called to St. Elizabeth Youngstown Hospital for a report that someone was dropped off there with a gunshot wound. They found a car in front of the emergency room entrance and were told that the passenger, Hiawatha Johnson, 27, came in to be treated for a gunshot wound behind the ear.

Reports said Johnson told police he was driving west on East Indianola Avenue near Market Street to a friend’s home and was talking on the phone when he discovered he was bleeding and realized he was shot, reports said.

At about 5:15 p.m. Monday, police were also called to St. Elizabeth after someone dropped off Marcius Macklin, 20, in the emergency room with a gunshot wound to the chest.

A witness told detectives he was in a car with Macklin and another man at Erie Street and East Midlothian Boulevard when they saw three men in the street. Those men began having words with Macklin and the other two people in the car. The three men in the car stopped and got out and one of the men in the street pulled a gun and shot Macklin, reports said.

Read more about the shootings in Wednesday's Vindicator or on Vindy.com.