On the evening of April 24, 2017, William Anderson, a 63-year-old male from Youngstown, Ohio, was discovered deceased in his vehicle outside the Candlelight Apartments on Harvard Drive SE in Warren. He had suffered fatal gunshot wounds. The discovery was made around 10 p.m., and authorities promptly initiated a homicide investigation.
Following a thorough investigation, law enforcement identified Trint N.
Cellars, a 21-year-old resident of Woodrow Avenue in Warren, as a suspect in the case. Cellars was subsequently indicted on charges of murder and aggravated robbery in connection with the death of William Anderson.
The tragic death of William Anderson, a 63-year-old male, contributed to a significant increase in Warren's homicide rate for 2017, which reached its highest point in a decade. This alarming rise in violent crime underscored the challenges faced by the community and law enforcement agencies during that period.
