18-year-old Findlay man charged with fatal shooting

A Hancock County grand jury has indicted an 18-year-old man in connection with a fatal shooting in Findlay in May.

Court records show Peyton S Howard, 18, faces charges of voluntary manslaughter and involuntary manslaughter, both first-degree felonies, as well as charges of possession of a weapon against a court order and tampering with evidence.

On May 26, the Findlay Police Department received a call that a man had been shot in an alley near the 100 block of Howard Street.

J’vion Zimmerman, 18, of Port Clinton, was transported to Blanchard Valley Hospital by Hanco EMS, where he died from the gunshot wound.

Howard was 17 at the time of the alleged shooting and his case was recently transferred from juvenile court to Hancock County Common Pleas Court and he was charged.

A date for his appearance in Hancock County Common Pleas Court has not yet been set.