On July 5, 2022 approximately 12:46 AM Gary Officers were dispatched to the 1900 block of Missouri Street for several people with gunshot wounds. Upon arrival officers discovered three people down and unresponsive and seven additional people with gunshot wounds. A 27-year-old black male from Lafayette, Indiana, a 20-year-old black female from Olympia Fields Illinois and a 25-year-old black male from Merrillville, Indiana were all declared deceased on scene by the Lake County Coroners Officer. The gunshot victims were transported to area hospitals by ambulance as well as personal cars. Due to the enormity of the scene mutual aid was requested from surrounding police agencies.

Early information indicates a holiday block party may have been going on when the shooting erupted. The investigation is ongoing and further information will be released as it becomes available. Anyone with information on this incident is urged to contact the Metro Homicide Unit at 219-755-3855 or the Crime Tip Line at 866-CRIME-GP.

Three young people are dead and seven others were sent to the hospital in a shooting that took place early Tuesday during what appears to have been a holiday block party in the 1900 block of Missouri Street, officials said.

The deceased were identified by the Lake County coroner's office as Laurence Mangum, 25, of Merrillville; Ashanti Brown, 20, of Olympia Fields, Illinois; and Marquise Hall, 26, of Lafayette.

Each suffered multiple gunshot wounds and their deaths have been ruled a homicide by the coroner's office.

PlayMaker14:
A 27-year-old black male from Lafayette, Indiana, a 20-year-old black female from Olympia Fields Illinois and a 25-year-old black male from Merrillville, Indiana were all declared deceased


So this fine girl don go be that.. omoh na wa ooo. Something must kill a man. RIP guys. We’re dealing with our problems in Nigeria too. Make God let us survive.






The whites are immune to their own bullets, blacks are always at the receiving end.

Golan007:
Nigeria ahould issue a travel warning.

PlayMaker14:
A 27-year-old black male from Lafayette, Indiana, a 20-year-old black female from Olympia Fields Illinois and a 25-year-old black male from Merrillville, Indiana were all declared deceased
Oga blacks uses gun to kill more than whites.







The whites are immune to their own bullets, blacks are always at the receiving end.

isahsalee:
I don't get it, why all the dead are back?, hope you know my thinking already.