Youngstown, Ohio, officer Malik Mostella
Youngstown mom claims officers refused aid to dying son
8 February 2022
A Youngstown woman is suing the police department after her son was shot and killed while playing basketball in 2020. Brandon Wesley was 19 years old when a bullet struck him at Homestead Park on the city’s South Side. Now, nearly two years later, his mother Lynette Wesley is suing the city of Youngstown, American Medical Response (AMR) and members of the Youngstown Police Department including Malik Mostella, Detective Chad Zubal and a John Doe. In the civil suit filed, Wesley claims her son was shot in the shoulder at Homestead Park around 9 p.m. on July 18, 2020. His ...