Officer Involved Shooting Youngstown. He said the driver attempted to hit the officer. The suspect crashed at the corner of Steel Street and Salt Springs Road after Youngstown police officers converged on the.
It happened just before 11 pm. Patrolman Hartzell was shot and killed in an unprovoked attack in the downtown section of Youngstown near Powers Auditorium at 0220 hours. Struthers Police Chief Tim Roddy tells First News police were making a traffic stop at the corner of Midlothian Boulevard and Shirley Road and the driver fled the scene on foot.
While on patrol that officer whose name is not being released encountered Tawhon Easterly 43 holding a firearm near the Dollar General store in the 1300 block of Belmont Avenue according to a Sunday news.
The coroner said the man is James Sheets 35. According to Struthers Police Chief Tim Roddy it started as a traffic stop on State Street. One dead after chase ends in officer-involved shooting in Youngstown. 83k members in the youngstown community.
