Man enters plea in fatal Austintown shooting

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26-03-2025

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (WKBN) — A person originally charged as a juvenile for their role in a 2023 Austintown shooting death pleaded guilty Wednesday in Mahoning County Common Pleas Court.
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Ethan Richmond, 19, entered guilty pleas to charges of voluntary manslaughter, a first-degree felony; and felonious assault, a second-degree felony; along with a firearm specification before Judge Maureen Sweeney.
The attorneys in the case are recommending a sentence of 11 to 15 years in prison.
Richmond will be sentenced at a later date.
Richmond was 17 when he was arrested and charged for the Sept. 6, 2023, shooting death of Vincent Tarver, 22, at the Compass West apartment complex in Austintown. He was originally charged in juvenile court before his case was bound over to a grand jury in common pleas court, and he was indicted as an adult.
A woman was wounded in the same shooting.
Tarver was shot after a fight in the parking lot. He was taken to St. Elizabeth Health Center, where he died from his injuries. The woman who was wounded required surgery
A co-defendant, Talim Mumin, 22, was sentenced Jan. 27 by Judge Sweeney to six to seven and a half years in prison after he pleaded guilty to charges of complicity to involuntary manslaughter, a first-degree felony and complicity to felonious assault, a second-degree felony, along with firearm specifications.
Prosecutors say that Richmond was the person who was the shooter.
Reports said a witness told police she saw Mumin arguing with Tarver in the parking lot before shots were fired. Witnesses told police there was another male with Mumin who kept lifting up his shirt like he had a gun before shots were fired.
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