YOUNGSTOWN Jury selection is scheduled to begin Monday in the trial of Akeem Hargrove, who is charged in a 2022 fatal shooting at a Youngstown gas station.

The shooting occurred on Dec. 22, 2022, at a Shell gas station on the city’s south side.

According to police, Bell was shot by two men wearing masks who then fled on foot down Samuel Avenue. Hargrove was arrested days after the shooting. Charges were dropped against a second suspect in the case after a grand jury didn’t find enough evidence to hand out an indictment.

Hargrove’s trial will be held before Mahoning County Court of Common Pleas Judge Anthony M. D’Apolito. The prosecution, led by Special Prosecutors Brad Gessner and Christopher Delisio, has filed a motion requesting a jury view of the crime scene.

The motion asks th

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