Victor Manuel Luna Salamanca was 51 when he was shot on New Year’s Day and died two days later. On January 1, 2021, Salamanca and a 51-year-old woman were in the living room of a home in the 8700 block of South Buffalo Avenue in East Chicago, Indiana, when shots were fired from outside. Salamanca succumbed to his injuries on January 3, 2021.

The incident has been classified as a homicide. Family members and friends continue to seek answers about who fired the shots and why.

If anyone has information about the shooting on South Buffalo Avenue or saw suspicious activity in the neighborhood that night, please come forward to assist the investigation.