On the night of July 15, 2021, gunfire in the 1300 block of Smith Square in Hammond ended with 29-year-old Tyrell Hines suffering a single gunshot wound. Officers arrived around 11 p.m.; he was transported to North Oaks Medical Center but died of his injury. Authorities treated the death as a homicide and said the shooting unfolded very quickly — shots reported, a wounded man found, then the rushed trip to the hospital.

Police described Hines’s killing as part of a recent string of shootings in the area and asked anyone with information to come forward, including through anonymous tips. No suspect was identified by name and no arrest or charges were announced in connection with the killing as of the last report. If anyone in Hammond remembers seeing a vehicle, an argument, or other details that night, please share what you know.