East Chicago, IN – A homicide investigation is underway after police discovered a man fatally shot early Tuesday morning on Drummond Street.
According to the East Chicago Police Department, officers were flagged down by a passerby around 2:30 a.m. who reported hearing a single gunshot near the 4800 block of Drummond Street. Responding officers located a male victim lying on the sidewalk in front of 4759 Drummond Street.
Authorities said the victim appeared to have suffered a single gunshot wound to the head and was unconscious and not breathing when found. Medics pronounced the man dead at the scene. His identity has not yet been released pending notification of family.
The Lake County Prosecutor’s Homicide Task Force, Lake County Sheriff’s Department Crime Scene Investigators, and the Lake County Coroner’s Office all responded to process the scene and take possession of the victim.
Police said the case remains an active and ongoing investigation, and no further details are available at this time.
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