Shooting reported in Boardman
BOARDMAN — Police are investigating a non-fatal shooting on Oakridge Drive.
A Boardman police report states the victim, an unidentified man of unknown age, was shot by his ex-girlfriend’s new boyfriend.
The report states police found the man lying in the street about 2:15 a.m. Friday with a gunshot wound to the back of his leg. Police applied first aid and waited for an ambulance to take the man to the emergency room at St. Elizabeth Youngstown Hospital for treatment.
The report states the woman told police that her boyfriend did shoot the man and left to return to his home. She told police that they noticed someone in their driveway near the boyfriend’s car. When he went out to check on his car, the man jumped out from behind it and yelled at him, and that was when the boyfriend shot him and left.
The report states police found a screwdriver, wire cutters, motor oil and a funnel under a vehicle in the driveway. The woman told police that her ex has been stalking her, has slashed her tires on three occasions, and that she filed a protection order against him. The report states that police determined the man was never served with the protection order.
The report states the man gave a slightly different account of the incident when police interviewed him at the hospital.
He told police the shooting happened after he went to the house and had an argument with the woman about their breakup. He said he was leaving after the argument when the boyfriend shot him. The report states he told police he drove part-way to her house, but then parked at an apartment complex and walked 15 to 20 minutes the rest of the way.
He told police he had gone to his ex’s house to “do some stupid (stuff).”
No charges have yet been filed, records show.