Tuesday, November 15, 2016
YOUNGSTOWN — After a day long hearing Monday, jury selection begins today in Mahoning County Common Pleas Court for one of three defendants in the murder of a man last November on a South Side street.
Leonard Savage, 22, is going on trial for the Nov. 14, 2015 of Thomas Owens, 33, of Burbank Avenue. Owens was shot to death in a car parked on Myrtle Avenue.
A second defendant, Jason Heard, 20, had his case severed from Savage's after a day long hearing Monday over what prosecutors termed are threats against several witnesses.
A third defendant, Jawon Hymes, 26, had his case severed from the other two earlier this month and will go on trial at a later date.
Judge Lou D'Apolito is hearing the case.