Man in custody in 2021 shooting death of Damon Irby Jr.

Durrell L. Richardson Jr.
YOUNGSTOWN –Youngstown police have made an arrest in the March 2021 shooting death of Damon Irby Jr., 21, in the 3400 block of Market Street.
Durrell L. Richardson Jr., 26, was arrested in Atlanta June 19 and is now in the Mahoning County jail, charged with aggravated murder in connection with Irby’s death and felonious assault in the shooting of an 18-year-old woman with Irby at the time.
The FBI Violent Crimes Task Force located Richardson in Atlanta, and the Violent Crimes Task Force Atlanta Division arrested him without incident, according to a Youngstown police news release. Richardson was extradited back to Youngstown Tuesday.
Youngstown police detectives identified Richardson as a suspect in the case early on, the news release states. Lead detective Jerry Fulmer issued warrants for Richardson’s arrest on aggravated murder and felonious assault in April of 2021.
In the news release, the Youngstown Police Department thanked law enforcement officers in Georgia for their work on getting Richardson in custody, as well as “our community who stepped up and provided information, sending the message that the violence must stop.”
The release added, “YPD wants to assure the community that the pursuit of those committing our most violent crimes does not end and it takes all of us to working cooperatively to end the cycle of violence.”