{"id":190444,"date":"2025-03-07T08:10:27","date_gmt":"2025-03-07T13:10:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=190444"},"modified":"2025-03-07T22:32:13","modified_gmt":"2025-03-08T03:32:13","slug":"arrest-made-after-shots-were-fired","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2025\/03\/07\/arrest-made-after-shots-were-fired\/","title":{"rendered":"Arrest made after shots were fired"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>VW independent staff<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A Van Wert man is facing a felony and two misdemeanor charges, after a Wednesday evening shooting incident in the area of W. Second St. and Monroe St.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"125\" height=\"172\" src=\"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Abdul-R-3-7-2025.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-190445\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Yusef Abdulrahman<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Yusef Abdulrahman, 50, is currently charged with improper handling of a firearm in a motor vehicle, a fourth degree felony, and aggravated menacing and inducing panic, both first degree misdemeanors. He was arrested after he and his car were found at his Sycamore St. residence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to information provided by Lt. Rob Black, the Van Wert Police Department received a report of a male shooting a firearm out of a vehicle in the Second St.\/Monroe St. area. No injuries were reported and no damage was found during the incident.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A witness saw Abdulraham leaving the scene northbound in a light blue Chrysler 300. At 8:30 p.m., 90 minutes after the initial call came into the police department, officers located Abdulraham at his home. It was noted evidence was found at his home and at the scene.&nbsp;A portion of Monroe St., between W. Second St. and W. Third St. was blocked off by Van Wert Police Department cruisers while officers investigated the scene.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Abdulraham was taken to the Van Wert County Correctional Facility, pending court proceedings.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"550\" height=\"415\" src=\"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Monroe-St.-closed-3-6-2025.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-190419\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Monroe St., between W. Second St. and W. Third St. was blocked off for a short time Wednesday evening. <em>Scott Truxell\/Van Wert independent<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>VW independent staff A Van Wert man is facing a felony and two misdemeanor charges, after a Wednesday evening shooting incident in the area of W. Second St. and Monroe St. Yusef Abdulrahman, 50, is currently charged with improper handling of a firearm in a motor vehicle, a fourth degree felony, and aggravated menacing and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-190444","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-04 10:15:39","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/190444","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=190444"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/190444\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":190495,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/190444\/revisions\/190495"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=190444"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=190444"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=190444"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}