Separate shootings leave 1 Youngstown man dead, another injured

YOUNGSTOWN

One man is dead and a second was injured in separate shootings late Tuesday and early today.

About 1:30 a.m. today, a passing motorist on Oak Street Extension saw a body in the street about 100 yards from Oak Street on the city’s East Side and called 911. Police found the man, who they say was 22, dead from a gunshot wound.

Chief of Detectives Capt. Brad Blackburn said detectives know who the victim is, but are waiting until the family is notified by the Mahoning County coroner to release the victim’s name. A spokeswoman for the corner’s office said an autopsy is planned for Thursday.

About 10:20 p.m. Tuesday, a 26-year-old man was taken to St. Elizabeth Youngstown Hospital after he was shot in the leg and had a finger tip blown off inside a home in the 700 block of Palmer Avenue on the South Side.

Reports said the victim told police he was watching television with another man when he heard a series of gunshots, and both men started running toward the back door, where the victim was hit.

Another bullet also hit an ankle bracelet the victim was wearing because he is on electronically monitored house arrest for a crime, reports said.

A woman who lives in the house told police it was over “retaliation,” but she would not tell police what may have caused the retaliation.

For more on the shootings, read Thursday's Vindicator or Vindy.com.