The Mansfield Division of Police is investigating two separate shootings that occurred within the past 24 hours, see attached reports. The first incident occurred at Woodville and S. Diamond Street at approximately 4:51PM yesterday evening. The victim advised a blue colored vehicle pulled up to his and blocked him in. Two white males then exited the vehicle at which time a verbal altercation ensued between the suspects and the victim. One suspect produced a gun and struck the victim’s car window with it during the verbal confrontation. As the two suspects left the scene, one of the suspects pulled out a gun and shot up the victim’s car, disabling it. They then left the area, fleeing southbound on Diamond Street and were not located. The male victim was not struck by the gunfire.
The second incident happened at approximately 3:37AM this morning. Officers responded to a local hospital in reference to a female gunshot victim who had been dropped off at the hospital in a white colored vehicle which then fled from the area. The female gunshot victim advised that she and a male friend she only knows as “J” had left a local bar in a silver SUV. She further advised that as they were in the area of W. 6th Street and Diamond Street, a black SUV pulled up next to them and started shooting. The victim was struck twice and she stated that “J” had been struck once during the gunfire. A short time later, a Richland County Sheriff’s Deputy located the white vehicle that had fled from the hospital on S. Adams Street. The occupants had fled from the vehicle; however, a loaded firearm was recovered from the passenger area. The silver Ford SUV that the victim was originally in during the shooting was located in the area of 158 Western Avenue with approximately 6 bullet holes and a flat tire. The victim was left in the treatment of hospital staff. The victim’s friend, “J”, was not located.
No additional information is available at this time. Anyone with information on either of these incidents is asked to call Major Crimes at (419) 755-9724.