Mansfield police investigating fatal shooting of teenage boy at Quality Inn
The victim of Tuesday's fatal shooting at Quality Inn & Suites has been identified as 16-year-old Nayshawn Lovett.
In addition, police have identified a suspect, Monteles Holland, 31, of Ontario. They issued a warrant charging him with aggravated murder.
Mansfield police, along with Ontario police and the Allied Special Operations Response Team, went to Holland's apartment in the 1000 block of Crestfield Street at 9:07 p.m. Tuesday, but he was not home.
He remains at large.
On Tuesday, city police Assistant Chief Jason Bammann said the shooting appeared to be targeted.
Bammann said the victim was a local boy, adding Wednesday he did not know where the teen went to school.
Police responded to Quality Inn & Suites, 500 N. Trimble Road, at 10:45 a.m. Tuesday. A hotel employee reported hearing multiple gunshots inside.
While searching the premises, police found the victim lying in a staircase.
"It appears the victim sustained multiple gunshot wounds," MPD said in a news release Tuesday afternoon.
Bob Ball, Richland County Coroner's Investigator, said the teen was pronounced dead at 11:16 a.m. His body was transported to Montgomery County for an autopsy.
The police department's crime lab also responded to the scene.
Detectives in the major crimes unit are working to find what led to the shooting.
"Details are very limited as this is an active and fluid investigation," the press release said.
Bammann said police have some "decent leads." As the city deals with its first homicide of 2023, the assistant chief noted detectives already are working on six unsolved homicides.
Anyone with information on the case is asked to call police Detective Terry Butler at 419-755-9791.
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This article originally appeared on Mansfield News Journal: Mansfield police identify victim of fatal shooting at Quality Inn
