Youngstown police arrest man on gun charge

YOUNGSTOWN — Reports said a man arrested with a gun just after 7 p.m. Tuesday told police he needed it because he had recently been shot at.

Reports said Andrew Scott, 21, was pulled over about in a drive in the 800 block of East Dewey Avenue on the South Side for running a stop sign.

Scott was acting nervous and gave police permission to search his car. Reports said he asked officers to hurry up and when they searched him they found a loaded .380-caliber handgun in the pockets of his shorts.

Scott was taken to the Mahoning County jail on a charge of carrying a concealed weapon.