Witnesses, police can't substantiate city man's shooting tale
YOUNGSTOWN — Police said a 26-year-old man showed up about 9 p.m. Monday at St. Elizabeth Youngstown Hospital with a gunshot wound to his foot.
The victim told police he was sitting in a car on Dogwood Lane when two men in a passing pickup truck fired several shots at him, one of them striking him in the foot.
Officers checked the shooting scene but could find no evidence of a shooting, reports said.
Reports said neighbors told police they never heard gunfire or heard anyone firing a weapon.