Gary, IN – Authorities are investigating after a 52-year-old Gary resident was allegedly shot and killed late Wednesday on the city’s west side.
According to the Lake County Coroner’s Office, a medicolegal death investigation team responded to a report of a fatal shooting at 5150 Broadway at approximately 10:45 p.m. The victim, identified as Shantwoin Jones, was pronounced dead at the scene after sustaining alleged gunshot wounds. Family members confirmed his identity to investigators.
The Lake County Coroner’s Office stated an autopsy was conducted Thursday at the Lake County Forensic Center in Crown Point, determining Jones’s manner of death to be homicide. Jones was a resident of Gary, according to officials.
The incident drew a coordinated response from the Gary Police Department, Lake County Prosecutor’s Homicide Task Force, and the Lake County Sheriff’s Department CSI unit. Authorities certified the time of death as 11:21 p.m. No further details about the circumstances of the alleged shooting or potential suspects have been released.
Investigators are urging anyone with information regarding the incident to contact local law enforcement.
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