Police seek help in homicide case
By MARLY KOSINSKI Tribune ChronicleWARREN - The man shot and killed on the northwest side late Saturday was due in court in October on a misdemeanor drug charge and already had served seven months in prison for a prior drug conviction.
Joshua Housel, 20, whose last known address was Dickey Avenue N.W., was found by a truck driver near the intersection of Parkman Road and Ward Road about 11:50 p.m., according to a police report.
The truck driver from West Virginia told police he was driving south on Parkman Road when he saw a man lying on the sidewalk in front of 353 Parkman Road N.W., which is near West Market Street.
Warren police Detective Wayne Mackey said Housel died early Sunday following surgery at Forum Health Trumbull Memorial Hospital. He said Housel was shot once in the abdomen and may have been on his bicycle, which was found nearby.
Mackey said he and Detective Justin Soroka have questioned several people and have a good description of the shooter, but they did not have a suspect as of Monday afternoon.
Housel's address is listed as 851 Frederick St. in Niles on the police report, but Mackey said it's unclear if he lived there or at the Warren address.
According to Warren Municipal Court records, Housel was arrested May 18 on a charge of drug paraphernalia and was due in court for a pretrial hearing Oct. 2.
He was bound over to Trumbull County Common Pleas Court Nov. 20, 2006, on a charge of felony receiving stolen property, to which he pleaded guilty in March 2007. While awaiting sentencing, Housel was arrested by Warren police April 16, 2007, on charges of aggravated robbery and felonious assault. He was accused of shooting at a 16-year-old on Ohio Avenue who he had asked for drugs and demanded money, according to Tribune Chronicle archives.
Those charges, as well as additional charges of falsification and drug abuse-marijuana, were dismissed June 11, 2007, when Housel pleaded guilty to a bill of information charging him with aggravated drug possession stemming from a drug arrest April 26, 2007, according to court records.
He was sentenced to seven months at the Lorain Correctional Institution with the sentence to run concurrently with the sentence for his receiving stolen property conviction, Trumbull County Common Pleas Court records show.
Housel's death is the city's third homicide of the year.
On Jan. 6, Tristan Aguilar, 24, of Michigan died of a gunshot wound to the chest after he was shot in a yard in the area of Colonial Street and Adelaide Avenue S.E. Jason Allan Orr, 29, of Warren, was arrested in the murder the next day.
According to Trumbull County court records, Orr pleaded guilty in March to a charge of involuntary manslaughter with a firearm specification and a charge of having weapons under disability. He was sentenced to a total of four years in prison in April.
On April 3, Kendall Cherry, 18, was shot in the upper chest in the parking lot of the Hampshire House apartments on Fifth Street S.W. He was dead before officers arrived.
Last year, Warren recorded 12 homicides, including a double murder June 11 on Front Street S.W. There were six at this time last year, but a seventh occurred July 29, Tribune archives show.
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08-01-08 11:25 PM
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I knew him personally. And know matter what he has done he had his whole life ahead of him and could have changed for the better but he never even got the chance. and now because of one guy he is gone and his osn will have to grow up with out a father. this is sad and i don't think any of you have the right to judge. And i know that some people know who shot and i think htey should speak up i personally don't know but i wish i did because i would let the cps know in a second! This is so sad and my deepest sympathies go out to Julia(his baby's mother) and his son.
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Powell
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07-30-08 3:16 AM
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This is crazy that Jason Orr killed Tristan Aguilar and only got 4 years. Justice definitly was not served. I believe this was something to do with race because the offender was white and Tristan was multi-racial but in the eyes of the government black. This is the worst practice of justice that I have ever heard of!!!Jason took a good father away from his son. Even though he may have done his own wrongs. R.I.P Tristan Keisha loves you!!
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Powell
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07-30-08 3:15 AM
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This is crazy that Jason Orr killed Tristan Aguilar and only got 4 years. Justice definitly was not served. I believe this was something to do with race because the offender was white and Tristan was multi-racial but in the eyes of the government black. This is the worst practice of justice that I have ever heard of!!!T Jason took a good father away from his on. Even though he may have done his own wrongs. R.I.P Tristan Keisha loves you!!
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Ashamed
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07-24-08 12:17 PM
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tom, you are one sick person!
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TomSmith
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07-24-08 9:39 AM
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Let me guess, once they catch the person that shot him, you all will come back on here and say.. He was such a good boy, he is only a child at 20 yrs old. Sure, he doesn't have job and sells crack and breaks into folks homes to steal copper, but he is just a child. I can't believe he shot Housel. Oh his poor family..
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moonstar352
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07-23-08 9:41 PM
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tomsmith who cares if this kid had a record.bottom line he was shot in cold blood!riding his bike and he had no weapons! so next time think before you open your month cause you sound pretty stupid calling this kid a "dirt bag" remember he died,dont judge anyone buddy cause they have a record,that means jack sh## in my eyes.
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JGirl08
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07-23-08 1:41 PM
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I didn't know Josh personally however do I know is brother. It sickens me to see how can you people talk about someone's life like that, he was 20 years old, still a kid. Yeah, he may have had a record, but he was still loved by his mother, his brother, his son, and all of his other friends and family. The tribune was wrong to print his PAST record, that is not relavant in his death. The was shot while riding a bike, he didn't have a weapon. He went through a lengthy surgery then past away, no one deserves to die like that. Everyone makes mistakes in there lives, you never deserve to die in that manner. You people should be ashamed, you want to talk about his family, love the morals that your parents passed along too..
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Ashamed
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07-23-08 12:24 PM
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You should be ashamed of the way that you are talking about a CHILD, 20 years old with his whole life ahead of him, I did personally know him and he was not a dirtbag, for people to come on here and degrade someone who is gone, killed while he was trying to get away is sick, and you should really stop and think what his family and friends would feel if they read this, just because where you are from or how your parents brought you up has nothing to do with anything. I personally think that you are a waste of space and cannot believe anyone should write such things.but you have to deal with your horrible way of thought. R.I.P JOSH, YOU ARE MISSED!!!!!
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TomSmith
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07-23-08 11:47 AM
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Did you read the article Moon? He has a record a mile long. He is a dirt bag and a waste of space. As far as his family. Maybe they should have worked a little harder raising him. Just another dead beat, waste of space gone.. Think of it this way. Who ever shot him just saved us another 25K a year in tax money. Either way I am sure we were supporting this trash.
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moonstar352
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07-22-08 11:29 PM
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attn.tomsmith how dare you call this young man a dirtbag!do you know him?or his family?his friends?i bet you dont,and guess what neither do i! remember he is a son,a brother a friend a husband and a dad! wonder if this was your son and dont even say "my son would not be out that late over on parkman road"cause things happen.and that is really rude for you to say that about parkman road yes i will agree that it needs a makeover but come on so does the eastside im sure that is where you are sitting at.i work over their drive through it everyday and drive back home to the eastside guess what no diff.so shame on you.
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bellilene
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07-22-08 8:23 PM
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bd,ts,fg...there is crime and drugs EVERYWHERE. Warren isn't exempt regardless where anyone lives. Probably in yr own neighborhood 2. You can be judgemental about "life" and actually say this young man should have been killed, and "these people" be put to death. Apparently Warren isn't 2 bad...your're still living there complaining about who should live their life in prison and who should die instead of moving to another planet. You have a "choice" just like "those people" SHAME ON YOU!!!!!!
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NEWS777
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07-22-08 6:16 PM
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I know that the Parkman Rd. area has gone down to some degree than it was some years ago. But, a neighbor stated that they were in their living room watching a movie when they heard a shot and they got up looked out the window and heard someone yelling.."someone please help me" and then the truck driver found him dead. These people and others like them were in their living rooms..with their families when this happened. Right outside their windows. Maybe it's not a picture perfect tree lined street. But, the fact is that this type of murder is happening in the residential parts of our city. And we should be worried about that. And as I understand it he was riding a bike with no weapon. So, he was killed in cold blood.
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jdoe12
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07-22-08 5:25 PM
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i cannot beleive that you guys would slander this boys name all because the detectives are not finding out who did this so u have nothing else to write about. this is so ignorant he was a nice boy who left behind a one year old son and is human like every one else. You know nobody is perfect and here you have a boy who is dead and all because you have no answers you have to write things to make people think he deserved what he got. He was a good man and nobody deserves to be murdered and have therir name slandered so whoever wrote this article is wrong and tell all the positive things about him and how he has a one year old son who will never know his father u people are so ignorant.
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FlashGordon
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07-22-08 4:32 PM
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Let's all agree that he was a Dirt Bag and that's one less dirt bag we have to deal with. I wish there was such a thing as "Crackdonalds" that they could all line up to go through the drive thru and get knocked off one by one while ordering a "cracky meal". However, Tom Smith, I live on the NW side of Warren and I live in a very nice neighborhood where quite a few of us take pride in keeping our property up. I also would love to have new sidewalks in my neighborhood but probably won't get them. However to say that "only people on the other side of town take care of their property" is pretty much like saying that those same people on the other side of town "are a bunch of snobs". I don't believe that! Besides, I believe they are replacing water lines and it just so happens the sidewalks needed removed to do so.
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NEWS777
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07-22-08 1:55 PM
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No one has the right to take another persons life. This guy was only 20 years old and obviously had a drug problem and other problems too. But, that doesn't give anyone a right to kill him. The guy who killed him I'm sure will eventually be found. 1 young man is dead and anothers live is over. 2 families are ruined. I find it really scary that this young guy was shot dead in cold blood on Parkman Rd. A residential area where families live.We should be more concerned that these type of extremely violent killings are happening more and more in our own backyards in Warren.
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pahootaman
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07-22-08 9:59 AM
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Murder in Warren = 4 years in prison Beating up an attorney in Cleveland = 25 to life
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Billdog
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07-22-08 9:25 AM
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Why are these people let out of prison. The just bring trouble and problems to the streets. It is a shame that someone like Orr goes out and kills someone and only gets four years for it. He most have a criminal past to be charged with weapons under disabililty. We need to start locking these pieces of crap up long term or just putting them to death. They are worse than a rabbid dog.
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