Kurtz will serve five to seven-and-a-half years in prison for an October shooting.
A Lima man is scheduled to stand trial next month in connection with a July shooting that left another man injured.
Erin Ostling Burkholder, director of outreach and prevention at Crime Victim Services, said, “To really, kind of raise awareness about what anti violence is, and the ease that we have in choosing anti violence approaches just in our everyday lives. So we're working on kind of a marketing campaign and apparel campaign to really raise raise awareness of of how each of our individual behaviors can impact that larger culture.”
Sixth Ward Councilman Dr. Derry Glenn said many residents have reached out to him for help in reducing the number of shootings in Lima. Some incidents this summer have involved young teenagers as either the victim or the shooter.
Officers reported hearing multiple gunshots around 1 a.m. near the intersection of Kibby and Main streets. After investigating, officers determined that approximately 30 rounds were fired from what appeared to be an automatic or modified semi-automatic handgun.
Donya Perkins was found guilty of murder, tampering with evidence, and multiple weapons charges related to the fatal shooting.
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The Toledo Police Department is investigating the death of a Findlay teen over the weekend. 18-year-old Jaidon Mangas was found with a gunshot wound Saturday night on the south side of the city. He was taken to the University of Toledo Medical Center, where he died from his injuries. WTOL and the Toledo Blade reported that Mangas was a student at Findlay High School.
A Celina man was shot and killed after coming toward a Mercer County deputy with a knife.
A busy night for local law enforcement after the report of a shots fire call just after 8:30 on Tuesday in the 900 block of West Wayne Street in Lima. Police say several houses were shot at in the area. Officers were going door to door in the neighborhood to make sure everyone was okay.