WARREN, Ohio (WKBN) – Three people are facing charges after police said gunshots were fired early Saturday morning outside of a Warren bar.
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Police said the incident occurred outside of the business in the 1000 block of Mahoning Ave. NW around 3:30 a.m.
Police were sent to the bar for a report that people were arguing and that gunshots were fired in the parking lot. A security guard told police that he saw a man in a black SUV “burning tires” in the parking lot and then firing a handgun at least seven times while everyone ran away. He said he was not sure why the man fired the gun.
Officers took Valentino Thomas, 22, into custody. According to a police report, Thomas told police that the gun was his and that he threw it underneath one of the cars in the parking lot…