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Prosecutor: 20 shots fired during bar shootout
By Joe Gorman
YOUNGSTOWN
City Prosecutor Dana Lantz said Wednesday that 20 shots were fired during a shootout Saturday morning that injured two men at a South Side bar.
Lantz was speaking during the arraignments for both men who were wounded – and are also charged with shooting each other.
Magistrate Anthony Sertick set bond at $70,000 for Michael Campbell, 53, of Carroll Street on charges of felonious assault and carrying a concealed weapon; and $100,000 for Terrance McKinney, 33, of North Bon Air Avenue on charges of felonious assault, carrying a concealed weapon, being a felon in possession of a firearm and improper handling of a firearm in a motor vehicle. Police said they shot each other about 1:30 a.m. Saturday during an exchange of gunfire at the Southern Tavern on Glenwood Avenue that also damaged two cars in the parking lot.
Both men were released from St. Elizabeth Youngstown Hospital on Tuesday, where they were being treated for their injuries before being booked into the Mahoning County jail.
Lantz said McKinney had been at the bar earlier but had left after he got in an argument with someone. He came back later with a gun and could be seen on video arguing with Campbell.
Campbell pulled a gun he had but McKinney shot first, Lantz said.
Campbell’s attorney, J. Gerald Ingram, asked for a smaller bond for his client, such as 10 percent of $25,000, saying his client has not been in trouble in more than seven years and has a steady job and pays child support for a minor child. He said Campbell’s past criminal record consists of mostly misdemeanors, and he has ties to the community, which would preclude him from being a flight risk. He also said his client was shot nine times in the exchange of gunfire.
Lantz, however, wanted a bond of $50,000 on each charge, saying that even though he has not been in trouble in recent years, court records show he has failed to appear in court 14 times.
Sertick said he thought high bonds were necessary. He said the facts of the case – such as that several shots were fired in a public place in a residential neighborhood on a busy street – were disturbing.
“Resolving differences with guns never results in a good thing,” Sertick said.