Man shot in stomach while sitting in his car in East Toledo

4/1/2010

A West Toledo man was shot in the abdomen about 9:25 p.m. Wednesday while he sat in his car at East Broadway and Nevada Street in East Toledo, police said.

Saifudin Parma, 22, was taken to Mercy St. Vincent Medical Center, authorities said. A hospital spokesman said there was no one there by that name.

Mr. Parma told police that he was sitting in his car, eating, in a parking lot when another man approached and started shooting, Toledo police Sgt. William Wauford said. Mr. Parma said he did not know the man. The injuries did not appear to be life threatening, Sergeant Wauford said.