YOUNGSTOWN — A Youngstown State University Police Department report states that when a YSU police officer in his cruiser near the YSU football stadium heard a possible gunshot coming from the stadium at 9:21 p.m. Saturday, he activated his lights and siren and drove to the south end of the stadium.

“Officers working the Mooney vs. Chardon High School football game at Stambaugh Stadium advised that a shot was fired near the south ramp of the west stands,” the report states.

The officer drove toward the plaza near the south ramp and saw two younger males “helping a young black male” who was “limping with his right leg up, wearing light in color sweatpants and a black in color hoodie walking toward Armed Forces Boulevard.”

The officer stopped and asked the boy if he was shot, but the boy said he twisted his ankle and was not shot.

The officer then drew his handgun pointing it downward and began to move toward the south ramp of the stadium to continue to look for a suspect or victim. A fellow YSU officer then spoke on his radio, saying the victim was on Armed Forces Boulevard. At that time, the officer ran back toward the injured boy, who was then sitting on a bench. Blood could be seen coming from the area of his right knee. The officer had him pull up his pant leg, revealing an apparent gunshot wound, the report states.

Another officer asked the youth if he knew who shot him, and he replied that he did not. Other agencies arrived to assist with crowd dispersal and assistance.

An ambulance arrived about 9:23 p.m. and began to examine the boy. He was transported to St. Elizabeth Youngstown Hospital nearby, and the officer followed the ambulance. At about 10 p.m., the officer interviewed the youth, who said he is a student at Cardinal Mooney and “just a spectator at the game.”

The youth said he was walking down the south ramp when he felt pain. He thought he twisted his ankle, but when he saw blood, he knew he was shot. He said he is not “beefing” with anyone, did not see anyone with a weapon and does not know who shot him, the report states.

He said he was not carrying a gun or other weapon. He also said he did not remember his friends’ names who were helping him down the ramp. He gave his mother’s phone number in case officers needed to speak to him again.

The YSU Police Department said no arrests had been made as of Monday, but said the university marketing department was planning to release additional information later Monday.

When Youngstown police were asked for a report on the shooting, Lt. Mohammad Awad of the detective division referred the matter to YSU police, saying they were handling it.

NEARBY SHOOTING

However, Youngstown police did handle a shooting and crash near YSU about four hours after the YSU shooting.

That shooting was reported at 1:25 a.m. Sunday at the corner of Belmont Avenue and Madison Avenue, about two blocks north of the YSU football stadium.

The Youngstown police report associated with that incident states that officers responded to a call for a shooting at that location and found a male victim and a car-crash scene.

The victim was taken by ambulance to St. Elizabeth Youngstown Hospital’s emergency room. Youngstown police detectives and crime scene personnel responded and investigated.

Awad said by email Monday that the second shooting was not connected to the shooting at the end of the high school football game.