Not many details have been released just yet, but police have confirmed that one person was taken to the hospital with a gunshot injury.
At about 6 p.m. Wednesday, Lima police were called to the Central Fire Station, on reports of a gunshot victim located there. The Lima Police Department says that the shooting happened in the 900 block of Reese Avenue. One man had been shot and was sent to Mercy Health-St. Rita's.
Police also responded to the Vine Street Mini-Mart on reports of shots fired. Officers could also be seen setting up a crime scene down Reese Avenue, adjacent to Vine Street. If anyone has information, they are asked to call the Lima Police Department at (419) 227-4444 or Crimestoppers at (419) 229-STOP.
3/17/22 Press Release from the Lima Police Department: On 3/16/2022, at about 6:05 p.m., officers were dispatched to the Lima Central Fire Station, on S. Main Street in Lima, in reference to an individual who was shot and dropped off in front of their department. Officers arrived and learned that 21 year old Samuel Williams of Lima, was shot while in a vehicle, traveling northbound, in the 900 block of Reese. Mr. Williams was the passenger of a vehicle travelling through the block, that a pedestrian began firing multiple shots at. Mr. Williams was shot once and taken to Lima Fire Station, by the driver, and then transported to Mercy Health –St. Rita’s for treatment. He was last reported in stable condition and his would was not believed to be life threatening. Detectives are running down leads and attempting to cultivate suspects and retrieve video from area structures. In anyone has information in reference to this shooting, please contact Det. Stechschulte at the Lima Police Department, (419)227-4444.
