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YOUNGSTOWN Erik E. Jenkins, 25, of Columbus has been indicted on murder, attempted murder and felonious assault charges in the March 4 killing of Thomas C. Williams, 34, in the parking lot of King’s Court tavern, 3223 South Ave., and the wounding of a security guard from the tavern. All three charges also carry specifications of a gun being used. Jenkins turned himself in at the Mahoning County jail March 16 after Youngstown police Chief Carl Davis, Mayor Jamael Tito Brown and others had a news conference at the Youngstown Police Department to announce that Jenkins had been charged. During that conference, officials revealed it’s possible the security guard may have been the shooter who killed Williams but that Jenkins is charged with the murder because he’s the person who allegedly began the gunfight and the security guard fired back. ....