Detectives and fire investigators are probing a link between two recent arsons and a homicide Friday evening.
Fire Investigator Capt. Kurt Wright of the Youngstown fire department said he is working with detectives at the police department to figure out the link.
Wright would not say how all three crimes are linked but that is the angle investigators are working now, he said.
About 7:15 p.m. Friday, a man was shot to death in front of a home in the 100 block of Seneca Avenue on the north side. Police placed 83 evidence markers at the scene and said multiple weapons were used.
The victim has yet to be identified.
About 2:50 a.m. Sunday, in the 100 block of Silliman St. on the west side, a home was heavily damaged in a fire that Wright said was an arson.