Ohio executes man for 1994 Youngstown killings (Coshocton Tribune)

LUCASVILLE — Condemned killer Mark Brown filed a last-minute lawsuit challenging Ohio’s execution process as flawed and capable of causing severe pain, then was put to death Thursday in a nearly flawless death penalty procedure.
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11:30 a.m.: Ohio executes Youngstown killer (Tribune Chronicle)

LUCASVILLE – The man who killed a Youngstown convenience store owner and clerk after bragging he would copy a similar movie slaying was pronounced dead by lethal injection at 10:49 a.m. today. Mark Brown, 37, was executed at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility in Lucasville.
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Parents of Ohio church slaying suspect arrested (WKYC Cleveland)

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio — Police have arrested the parents of a suspect in the killing of an elderly parishioner in a church parking lot, alleging the couple threatened to kill a witness.
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Ohio executes man who killed Youngstown shop owner, worker (The Toledo Blade)

By ALAN JOHNSON COLUMBUS DISPATCH LUCASVILLE, Ohio – Strapped to the lethal injection table, IV tubes hooked to both arms, staring silently at the ceiling, Mark A. Brown looked nothing like the brash, loud-talking, wild-eyed young killer he emulated from the movie Menace II Society. Those wild days came to a deadly conclusion on Jan. 28, 1994, when Brown, high on Valium, marijuana, and wine …
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Parents of Ohio church slaying suspect arrested (MalaysiaNews.net)

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio – Police have arrested the parents of a suspect in the killing of an elderly parishioner in a church parking lot, alleging the couple threatened to kill a witness.Youngstown police ar…
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Parents of Ohio church slaying suspect arrested (MalaysiaNews.net)

Police have arrested a man in the death of an 80-year-old Ohio woman who was shot in the head in her church parking lot after Mass. Youngstown police Lt. Kevin Mercer says 18-year-old Jamar Houser wa…
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Youngstown home invasion (WFMJ Youngstown)

Youngstown police are looking for two men who terrorized and robbed occupants of a North Side home. The five people staying at this house on Ohio Avenue tell police two men barged through the front door after midnight this morning.
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Youngstown death row inmate executed (89.7 WKSU)

Ohio has put to death a man who killed a convenience store owner and clerk after bragging he would copy a scene from a gang related movie. 37 year-old Mark Aaron Brown from Youngstown died by lethal injection at 10:20am for gunning down 32 year-old store owner Isam Salman in Youngstown in 1994. Brown had also been sentenced to life in prison for shooting a clerk in the store at the same time …
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Ohio executes man who killed Youngstown shopkeeper, clerk (The Cleveland Plain Dealer)

Mark Brown was pronounced dead by lethal injection at 10:49 a.m. Thursday at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility in Lucasville.
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Youngstown accepting application for event grants (WFMJ Youngstown)

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio- The city of Youngstown is offering financial support for people interested in holding events downtown. A maximum of $2,000 per applicant is available through the Event Grant program.
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