MANSFIELD — An 18-year-old Mansfield man has been indicted on multiple felony charges for his alleged role in a drive-by shooting into a residence in April.
Sean Favors was indicted by a Richland County grand jury in June for allegedly firing into a a Home Avenue residence, striking one of the seven people inside the home.
The charges against Favors include felonious assault, discharge of a firearm on or near prohibited premises, improperly handling firearms inside a motor vehicle and contributing to the unruliness and delinquency of a child.
The final charge stems from the allegation a 17-year-old was in the vehicle with Favors at the time of the shooting. That second suspect, now 18, has been charged in Richland County Juvenile Court and prosecutors are seeking to have that individual bound over for trial as an adult.
According to police, the juvenile was driving the vehicle and Favors was a passenger.
Richland County Prosecutor Jodie Schumacher met with media on Thursday to go over recent grand jury activity.
She said occupants of the Home Avenue residence followed the vehicle after the incident, which Schumacher said ultimately led to Mansfield police apprehending the suspects.
She said authorities recovered two handguns from the vehicle, a .45 caliber firearm and a 9mm pistol.
Schumacher said it was not a random shooting incident.
“Based on the information (obtained) during the course of the investigation, there was a particular target that was believed to be at that home,” she said.
Mansfield man indicted in death of son
Alex Morris, 31, was charged with murder, involuntary manslaughter, felonious assault, child endangering (two counts) and permitting child abuse.
Morris was taken into custody without incident at a home in the 2800 block of Township Road 164 in Cardington on June 25.
The arrest was carried out by the U.S. Marshals-led Southern Ohio Fugitive Apprehension Strike Team, which said he was charged with the 2024 death of his 3-year-old child.
Schumacher said the investigation began on Mother’s Day in May 2024 when Mansfield police responded to the death of a 3-year-old child on Sherman Place.
While initial reports indicated the child died from choking, investigators later determined through an autopsy the death was likely a homicide. They identified Morris, the child’s father, as the suspect.
Schumacher said the official cause of death could not be determined, but said medical experts determined the child suffered brain injuries from “significant trauma.”
“The physical injuries (didn’t match) the verbal recitation (from Morris) that we were provided,” Schumacher said.
A one-month child in the home also suffered “non-accidental injuries,” which led to the second child endangering charge, the prosecutor said. She said that child recovered.
