Staff photo / Ed Runyan Savion Woodall, 24, left, on Wednesday allowed prosecutors more time to bring him to trial, causing his trial date to be pushed back to June 29 in the Aug. 3, 2025, shooting death of one man and wounding of another man outside the Convenient Food Mart at Elm Road and Larchmont Avenue in Warren. Attorney Ron Yarwood is at right.

WARREN — Savion Woodall, 24, waived speedy trial time for 120 days Wednesday during a hearing in his murder case, which allowed his trial date to be pushed back from April 13 to June 29. Speedy trial time is the deadline for prosecutors to bring a defendant to trial when they are locked up.

Trumbull County Common Pleas Court Judge Sean O’Brien also on Wednesday appointed attorney Rhys Cartwright Jones to serve as Woodall’s new attorney. Trumbull County Assistant Prosecutor Chris Becker wanted it noted for the record that a plea offer was given to Woodall, and he rejected it.

“He will never see that offer again,” Becker said.

O’Brien asked Becker to state what the offer was.

Becker said it was for Woodall to plead guilty to all charges and be sentenced to 18 years to life in prison.

“That offer is off the table. We will try to get him life without parole,” Becker added.

Woodall is charged with murder with a firearm specification in the 5:30 a.m. Aug. 3, 2025, shooting death of David Lee Owens III, 31, of Warren, who was pronounced dead at a local hospital after being shot outside the Convenient Food Mart at Elm Road and Larchmont Avenue NE.

Woodall is also charged with two counts of having weapons under disability and one count each of attempted murder (for allegedly wounding a second man in both legs), illegal possession of a firearm in a liquor permit premises, tampering with evidence, carrying concealed weapons and improperly handling firearms in a motor vehicle.

During Woodall’s arraignment in August, Becker said there is a security video from the store showing the incident.

According to police and court records, the early morning gathering involved people playing dice and sharing food when an argument escalated into a fight. That was followed by gunfire, leaving up to 40 shell casings scattered in the parking lot.

The store was closed by court order days later over safety concerns and violations of alcohol-sales rules. It has since reopened.

Two other Warren men, Jumal Ellis Rowe, 32, and Rayjon Ray Mcelroy, 25, face related federal firearms charges in the incident.