MANSFIELD — Deanna West-Torrence doesn’t flinch when asked if shots fired in Mansfield today come from guns that community disinvestment in the north end helped to load more than a decade ago. The founder and executive director of the North End Community Improvement Collaborative said she doesn’t know why more is not being done to […]
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$1 million bail set for two Mansfield men charged with murder
MANSFIELD — Bail was set at $1 million on Tuesday morning for two men charged with the Sunday murder of Jahajee Cobb, 25. A Mansfield Municipal Court magistrate ordered the cash bail for Avanta Adams, 22, and Michael Coffee Jr., 30, during their arraignment. Coffee turned himself into police Monday afternoon and Adams was arrested […]
Two men charged with murder in Mansfield shooting death
MANSFIELD — Mansfield police have charged two men with murder in the Sunday morning shooting death of a 25-year-old man on Blymyer Avenue. Michael Lee Coffee Jr., 30, and Avanta Shemar Dakota Payne Adams, 22, are charged with first-degree felony murder, according to Mansfield police Chief Keith Porch. “Shortly after the investigation began, detectives were […]
One man killed, 3 wounded during baby shower shootings in Mansfield
MANSFIELD — A 25-year-old Mansfield man was shot to death and three others were wounded early Sunday morning during a chaotic scene at a baby shower, according to Mansfield police. Jahajee Cobb, 25, is the ninth homicide victim in the city during 2023, according to Bob Ball, the chief investigator for the Richland County Coroner’s […]