OH: Resident Calls Police at 4 A.M. to Report Shooting of Man who had a Knife

MANSFIELD, OH - Mansfield Police are investigating an early Saturday morning shooting death that occurred at 29 Minerva Avenue in Mansfield.

Officers responded at about 4:11 a.m. Saturday after a male subject called the police to advise he had just shot another male who was wielding a knife. 

Jervon King, 30, was located inside a bedroom and pronounced deceased at 4:26 a.m. by the Richland County Coroner's Office.

A resident on Minerva, a short street that runs between South Main Street and Hammond Avenue in the heart of Mansfield, said his son was awoken around 4:00 a.m. possibly by a gunshot.

The Richland County Coroner's Office will be sending the victim for an autopsy as this is an ongoing investigation.

 

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