Man shot four times on Johns Avenue
'Altercation' between occupants of two SUVs
Linda Martz
MANSFIELD - Mansfield police recovered one of two vehicles that were involved in an altercation that left one person with multiple gunshot wounds around 2 p.m. Saturday.
The incident remained under investigation Saturday night.
Lt. Daniel Martincin said the victim was shot four times, but said he could not confirm the person's name or provide his condition.
"We do not have suspects," Martincin said.
Multiple 911 calls came in shortly after 2 p.m. Saturday related to a "shootout" near Chester and Johns avenues, on the city's northwest side, involving people in a white SUV and a red SUV.
One caller reported hearing shots, then a vehicle leaving the area at a high rate of speed.
The victim was taken to OhioHealth Mansfield Hospital by two men in a white Nissan Pathfinder, who got him to the emergency room, then allegedly left the area.
Mansfield police also were searching for the occupants of a red Dodge Durango.
According to scanner traffic, several men later approached the hospital ER, then fled.
Two police vehicles blocked the entrance to the visitor parking area of the hospital.
The mother of the victim said Saturday afternoon it was unclear whether her son sustained one gunshot wound or two and declined further comment.
Police were confirming little about the incident Saturday evening.
Martincin said one of the two vehicles was found parked on the city's south side.
"It has numerous holes in it," he said.
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