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City police probe 28th homicide

YOUNGSTOWN — Police are investigating the shooting death of a 27-year-old woman on the city’s North Side.

Police said Jolonda Murry died Saturday at St. Elizabeth Youngstown Hospital from a shooting on Halleck Street between Logan Avenue and Elm Street. The shooting happened at 5:25 a.m. Dec. 22 in a car.

An unnamed person arrested on an unrelated charge is being held in the Mahoning County jail. Police detectives plan to file charges for the homicide after talking with Jeff Limbian, the city law director.

Police said another woman was in the car when the shooting occurred. She is not a suspect, according to police, but police want to talk to her about the homicide. She is described as a thin black woman in her 30s who is possibly pregnant, according to a news release.

Those with information about the case or the woman in the car with Murry are asked to call Detective Sgt. Robert Gentile at 330-742-8236.

Murry’s death is the city’s 28th homicide of the year. There were 20 homicides in 2019.

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