YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio – A 32-year-old Trumbull County man has been sentenced to prison for his role in a convenience store shooting in Warren, Ohio. The Aug. 3, 2025, shooting left one person dead.Jumal Ellis Rowe, of Warren, was sentenced to 92 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Dan Aaron Polster after pleading guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition; he was previously convicted of trafficking cocaine in 2013 and possession of cocaine in 2020. He was also ordered to serve three years of supervised release after imprisonment.On Aug. 3, 2025, the Warren Police Department and the Trumbull County Sheriff’s Office responded to reports of gunshots and of an individual who was shot at a Convenient Food Mart in Warren.
According to court documents, investigators determined that around 5 a.m., several individuals were seen loitering and playing a dice game on the walkway just outside the main door. A fight then broke out and escalated into a mass shooting incident in the parking lot involving multiple individuals. One individual was later pronounced dead and another injured as a result.Two other defendants involved in the incident, Sean King, 37, and Rayjon Ray McElroy, 25, were charged separately. King is awaiting sentencing after pleading guilty to being a Felon in Possession of Ammunition.
McElroy was sentenced to 25 months in prison after pleading guilty to Possession of a Firearm and Ammunition by a Prohibited Person.This investigation was led by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) Youngstown Field Office, the Warren Police Department, and the Trumbull County Sheriff’s Office.This case was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Kevin E. Bringman for the Northern District of Ohio.