Man is shot in leg

Man is shot in leg

WARREN

Police are investigating after a 37-year-old man was found shot in the leg about 12:10 a.m. Wednesday in the parking lot of a 3071 Lodwick Ave. apartment complex. The victim is being treated at ValleyCare Trumbull Memorial Hospital.

Reports said the man told police he did not know what happened and was hesitant to give any information. Three women who were outside at the time told police they heard gunshots but did not see anything. The women said they were having a party in their apartment.

Witnesses told police there was a fight at the party, and the victim was one of those involved in the fight. After the gunfire, three men and a woman ran away.

Shoplifting case

BOARDMAN

A suspected shoplifter also faces a charge of possession of drug paraphernalia after his arrest Tuesday afternoon. Police said they detained Roy Schimpf, 34, of Rhoda Avenue, Youngstown, at Best Buy, 561 Boardman-Poland Road, after he left a nearby Dollar Tree, where employees claimed he took some items.

The officers searched his bag, reportedly finding many items taken from multiple stores. Police also found a ceramic pipe with one end burnt. Schimpf will be arraigned today on the charges in Mahoning County Area Court.

Gun found in purse

YOUNGSTOWN

A Farrell, Pa., woman was booked into the Mahoning County jail Tuesday evening on a charge of improper handling of a firearm in a motor vehicle after police found a semiautomatic handgun in her purse.

Tierra Hopson, 25, was a passenger in a car driven by E.C. Robinson, 31, of North Osborn Ave., that was pulled over at Market Street and East Philadelphia Avenue on the South Side because Robinson did not have a driver’s license. The gun was found in her purse underneath a smaller purse, reports said. Robinson was cited on a charge of driving with a suspended license.

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