EARLY MORNING SHOOTING

Elyria Police were called to the area of Furnace Street this morning around 3:30 after a complaint of hearing gunshots. Police searched the area but found nothing. Then a couple hours later Police received a report of a man lying in the road in the 300 block of Furnace Street. Police responding to the area spotted a car leaving the scene and pulled it over on Broad Street across from McDonalds, inside they found a victim with multiple gunshot wounds. LifeCare Ambulance Paramedics responded and transported the victim, Omar Ward, 27, to Elyria Memorial Hospital. The victim was flown a short time later to Metro Health Medical Center in Cleveland. Two of the three men in the car were taken into custody on outstanding warrants.

Elyria Police are investigating.

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