YOUNGSTOWN — A girl, 15, was found inside a car with a gunshot wound outside of Martha’s Boulevard Tavern, 3505 Southern Blvd., at 10:39 p.m. Saturday after officers went to the bar for a shooting.

Officers “found a chaotic scene” with about 30 people outside of the tavern. They sifted though the crowd to find the girl, who was treated by ambulance personnel and taken to St. Elizabeth Youngstown Hospital, where she was pronounced dead, according to a Youngstown Police press release.

Officers with the department’s Neighborhood Response Unit and patrol division responded to the scene “within minutes” of being notified of the shooting, the press release states, adding that detectives and investigators with the department’s crime lab responded shortly thereafter to begin an investigation.

Detectives are conducting numerous interviews and watching possible surveillance video, and the investigation is ongoing, police said.

No arrests had been made in the case as of 2:37 a.m. when a supervisor in the detective division issued the press release.

The police department and Mahoning County Coroner’s Office are investigating the killing. Tips leading to an arrest and/or prosecution are eligible for a monetary reward. Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers 330-746-CLUE or 330-746-8YPD with information. Tips can be left anonymously.

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