YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio - The suspect of a shooting at the Shell gas station on South Avenue in June of 2022 was indicted Thursday on murder and weapons charges.

Sixty-nine-year-old Samuel Byrd was indicted on one count of Aggravated Murder with firearm specifications and one count of Having Weapons While Under Disability for the murder of 29-year-old Keimone Black on June 15.

According to the indictment, Byrd is a "repeat violent offender." 

Youngstown police were called out to the gas station around 3:00 a.m. on June 15. Police say that Black was shot several times, and his body was found next to a car that had numerous bullet holes.

Police believe this to be a targeted shooting.

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