On the evening of April 1, 2026, gunfire near East Judson Avenue in Youngstown, Ohio, ended the life of 17-year-old Charles Pullen Jr. A ShotSpotter alert led officers to a group outside a Potomac Avenue residence about 9:55 p.m. Shortly after, a teenager with at least one gunshot wound was taken by private vehicle to St. Elizabeth Youngstown Hospital and was pronounced dead at 10:26 p.m.

The Mahoning County Coroner identified the victim as Charles Pullen Jr. and confirmed the death was the result of a shooting; an autopsy was later performed by the Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner’s Office. Known as Paupi, Charles was a junior at Mahoning Valley High School who loved playing video games on his Xbox and rooting for the Seattle Seahawks, and who treasured time with his grandmothers and cousins. The Youngstown Police Department has opened a homicide investigation; no suspects or arrests have been publicly identified and the case remains under investigation.

Did anyone in the area see or hear anything that night, or know more about Charles’s activities that evening?