Lorain man shot in car upgraded to good condition
PUBLISHED: December 20, 2010 at 9:57 a.m. | UPDATED: July 15, 2021 at 10:18 a.m.
LORAIN — A 20-year-old Lorain man is in good condition after being shot in his car last night. Nicholas Torres, 20, was shot twice by a masked man around 9 p.m. yesterday on Apple Avenue near the intersection of East 29th Street, according to a Lorain police report. Torres was driving down the street with a 19-year-old woman in the passenger seat when they were waved down by the woman's brother, who was walking home, the report said. Three masked men then allegedly ran up behind the woman's brother and hit him in the back of the head with a blunt object. One of the men then reached into the car with a gun and started firing at Torres and the 19-year-old woman. Police said Torres was shot once in the left hip and once in the middle of his back, just several inches to the left of the spine. Three bullet casings were found — one in the car and two on the street. Torres was taken to Mercy Hospital and then to Cleveland MetroHealth Medical Center in Cleveland where he was initially in critical condition. A spokesperson for MetroHealth said he was upgraded to good condition just after 10:30 a.m. The woman and her brother could only describe the suspects as three masked men.