Apr 5, 2021
YOUNGSTOWN — Youngstown’s mayor and police chief both stressed that a fatal shooting at Utopia Video Nightclub was not a hate crime targeting the LGBT community.
“There’s no evidence suggesting that this was a hate crime,” Chief Carl Davis said.
“This was not a hate crime,” echoed Mayor Jamael Tito Brown.
Davis said police are working under the assumption that the fatal shooting victim was the intended target. He had many wounds, police said.
This nightclub shooting early Saturday left one person dead and two others wounded.
Shots were fired about 1:30 a.m. Saturday at Utopia Video Nightclub, 876 E. Midlothian Blvd.