TyLend Lewis, 21, was found shot and killed on Summer Street on Youngstown’s South Side on September 11, 2023. A family member located him about 7:10 PM and called authorities; he was already deceased when police and emergency personnel arrived. The Youngstown Police Department opened an investigation; that death was noted as the fifth homicide in a 14-day span during a year when overall homicides had fallen from the prior year.

Investigators said forensic work and public cooperation would be important to the case. On October 30, 2023, 18-year-old Darnell Jones — who had addresses in Austintown and Warren and was already in Trumbull County jail — was charged with murder in connection with Lewis’s death. Jones was later indicted on multiple counts including aggravated murder, murder, attempted murder, and felonious assault; records show he had a prior April 2023 arrest after a vehicle pursuit where an AK-47-type rifle was found in the vehicle.

Does anyone have information about TyLend’s movements that evening or witnessed activity on Summer Street around 7:10 PM?