East Chicago, IN – A 22-year-old East Chicago man has been identified as the victim of a fatal shooting that led to a homicide investigation in Lake County.
According to the Lake County Coroner’s Office, the deceased was identified as Jontavis Pearson, who was pronounced dead at St. Catherine’s Hospital on Thursday morning. Emergency room staff certified him deceased at 7:53 a.m., shortly before investigators were dispatched at 8:12 a.m.
An autopsy was conducted Friday at the Lake County Forensic Center in Crown Point, which determined that Pearson died from gunshot wounds. The manner of death was ruled a homicide. The reported shooting occurred at 3612 Superior Court in East Chicago, according to the coroner’s release.
Multiple agencies are involved in the ongoing investigation, including the East Chicago Police Department, East Chicago Fire Department, Superior Ambulance, Lake County Sheriff’s Office Crime Scene Investigators, and the Lake County Prosecutor’s Homicide Task Force.
Officials have not released details on potential suspects or what may have led to the shooting. The case remains under investigation, and authorities are urging anyone with information to contact law enforcement.
This marks another homicide case under review by the Lake County Prosecutor’s Homicide Task Force, which routinely assists with violent crime investigations in the region.
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