Suspect in August shooting is in custody

YOUNGSTOWN — A suspect in an Aug. 13 shooting is in custody.

Arlis Casey, 25, is expected to be arraigned in municipal court today on a charge of felonious assault.

He was arrested on a warrant Thursday at the police station and is in the Mahoning County jail.

Casey is a suspect in a shooting that wounded a man about 1 a.m. Aug. 13 as he was sitting with another man in a parked SUV on Mistletoe Avenue. The shooter then drove away, crashed into a utility pole then ran away on foot and managed to get away, police said. Police retraced his steps and recovered a gun at the Newport Branch of the Public Library of Youngstown and Mahoning County.

The victim was seriously wounded but is expected to recover, police said.