Staff report

WARREN — Warren police are investigating a pair of gun-related incidents that happened in the city early Tuesday.

According to a news release from the department, officers were called to the 2200 block of Northwest Boulevard just before 2 a.m. for shots being fired and two shooting victims were located.

The release states the victims were transported to St. Joseph Warren Hospital for treatment and that the case is still an ongoing investigation.

Anyone with information on the case is encouraged to contact Detective Sgt. Michael Altiere at 330-841-2749, and information also can be provided anonymously to the department’s tip line.

Around that time, police arrested Makai Sims, 26, of Warren, on a charge of felonious assault, to which he pleaded not guilty in Warren Municipal Court Tuesday morning.

According to a police report, officers were called to the Sunoco at 805 W. Market St. for reports of shots being heard, where witnesses said a man in a black jacket with white sleeves was shooting a gun.

Officers found and located Sims, who was apprehended near his vehicle.

The report states Sims was bleeding from his hand and told officers that the firearm was in his right pocket, which an officer retrieved, noting blood was on it.

Officers located several bullet casings on the gas station’s north side between the building and the gas pumps and a white jacket and wallet near the building’s east side.

The report states officers noticed blood near the building’s door and in the parking lot, and an inspection of the gas station’s interior revealed a live cartridge on the floor near the checkout counter and a damaged cooler — all of which were photographed. The bullet casings were handled for DNA testing.

Sims was transported to the Trumbull County jail on charges of attempted felonious assault and discharge of a weapon in city limits.

Bond was set at $500,000 for Sims for his felonious assault charge after Warren Municipal Court Judge Patricia Knepp determined him to be a “risk of serious physical harm to the community,” court records show.

Sims’ bond comes with the condition that he is not to have contact with the victim or the gas station area, and he is to surrender all firearms to the police department, according to records.

Sims is set to appear back in court April 21.