Raymond R. Queener Jr., a 33-year-old resident of Youngstown, Ohio, tragically lost his life on Wednesday, May 29, 2024. Queener was found with multiple gunshot wounds in a vehicle near the intersection of Connecticut Avenue and North Dunlap Avenue on the West Side of Youngstown. The Youngstown Police Department received an alert about a possible gunshot victim at 4:44 a.m. that morning.
Emergency services transported Queener to St.
Elizabeth Youngstown Hospital, where he was later pronounced dead. The Mahoning County Coroner's Office conducted an autopsy at the Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner's Office to determine the exact cause and manner of death.
The incident was initially reported to have occurred in the 700 block of East Lucius Avenue on Youngstown's South Side. However, police were dispatched to multiple locations before locating Queener in the Connecticut-North Dunlap area. This discrepancy in locations suggests that the events leading to Queener's death may have unfolded across different parts of the city.
Queener's death marked the seventh homicide in Youngstown for the year 2024. The Youngstown Police Department's detective division and crime scene unit, along with the Mahoning County Coroner's Office, initiated an investigation into the homicide. As of the latest available information, no arrests had been made in connection with Queener's death, and the police had not publicly identified any suspects.
Born on August 6, 1990, to parents Sharon and Raymond Queener Sr., Raymond R. Queener Jr. was remembered in his obituary, which was handled by the FD Mason Memorial Funeral Home in Youngstown. His untimely death added to the growing concern about violence in the city, with local religious leaders and community members holding vigils and rallies to address the issue of gun violence in Youngstown.
