YOUNGSTOWN — A 25-yearold

man was gunned down and

later found in the backyard of a

South Side home where he was

pronounced dead Wednesday

evening.

Youngstown police responded

to an alert from a gunshot activation

system in the area of 36

Hilton Ave.

They found the victim there

with multiple gunshots. Ambulance

attendants declared the

man dead shortly after 8 p.m.,

according to a police report.

A news release Thursday

afternoon from the Mahoning

County Coroner’s Office identified

the victim as 25-year-old

Deion Harris.

An autopsy on Harris’ body

will be conducted by the Cuyahoga

County Medical Examiner’s

Office.

Lt. Brian Welsh stated that

detectives are following up leads

and asked anyone with information

about Harris or the shooting

to contact the detective division

of the Youngstown Police Department

at 330-742-8911 or the patrol

commander’s office at 330-742-

8950.

Mahoning County court

records show that Harris was

arrested in October 2012 on a

receiving stolen property warrant

in Boardman.

The court record also showed

Harris failed to appear for a traffic

offense in Mahoning County

Court in Boardman in July 2018,

and an arrest warrant was

issued. His address at the time

was at the Applecrest Court

apartments in Boardman.

If ruled a homicide, the death

would be the city’s 16th this year.

The last homicide in the city was

recorded Aug. 23 when a

wounded man was found lying in

the middle of the 300 block of West

Marion Avenue on the South

Side.The man later died at St.

Elizabeth Youngstown Hospital.