Man, 31, was shot to death Sunday evening on Youngstown’s North Side
YOUNGSTOWN — A man, 31, was shot to death Sunday evening in the 200 block of Benita Avenue on the North Side of Youngstown.
A suspect in the killing, Issac Chatman, 29, was at the scene when police arrived, according to a Youngstown police report released this morning.
He was listed in Youngstown Municipal Court records at a little after noon as being charged with murder, a first-degree felony. He was scheduled for an arraignment at 1:30 p.m. Monday. If he is convicted of the charge, he could get 15 years to life in prison.
A Youngstown police news release states that officers were called to the 200 block of Benita Avenue at 6:19 p.m. for a shooting. When they arrived, they found a deceased man with multiple gunshot wounds and also found the suspect Chatman, who turned himself in to police.
Chatman was later interviewed by detectives at the Youngstown Police Department. Chatman was later booked into the Mahoning County jail.
Youngstown police detectives, the police department’s crime lab and the Mahoning County Coroner’s Office began their investigation, according to Lt. Mohammad Awad of the detective division stated in the press release.
The press release and police report do not identify the victim.
Benita Avenue runs east-west between Fifth and Logan avenues, east of Crandall Park.
The killing is the fifth homicide of the year in Youngstown. At this time last year, there were seven.



