Le’ondra Messner, an 18-year-old Black woman, was killed in a shooting in Mansfield, Ohio, on the evening of May 20, 2026. The shooting occurred about 10:38 p.m. at a residence in the 700 block of West Third Street. Messner had been visiting a friend and had been inside the apartment only a few minutes when bullets were reported to have come from outside and passed through a window near where she was located.

Officers found Messner with apparent gunshot wounds and she was taken to OhioHealth Mansfield Hospital, where she died. Mansfield police are treating the death as a homicide; detectives have spoken to several persons of interest but have not identified or arrested a suspect. It is unclear whether Messner was the intended target and no motive has been released.

If anyone was in the area of West Third Street that night or has information about shots fired into residences around 10:30 p.m., please contact Mansfield Division of Police.