WHITEHALL, Ohio — A 16-year-old boy was charged in the shooting death of a 19-year-old man in Whitehall Sunday night.
The Whitehall Division of Police says officers received a call that a man was shot inside a house on Erickson Avenue, just west of South Hamilton Road, around 11:20 p.m.
Officers found the man, Jerome Stephens, suffering from a gunshot wound and he was taken to Mount Carmel East Hospital in critical condition where he later died.
According to police, officers were originally told that a drive-by shooting took place, but detectives determined that the shooting happened inside the house.
The 16-year-old was arrested at the house and was charged with felonious assault. The charge was upgraded to reckless homicide once Stephens died. It's unclear if the shooting was intentional or accidental.