Arrianna Miles, 26, was fatally shot inside her home in the 2400 block of Pennsylvania Street in Gary, Indiana, on November 17, 2025. The death followed a domestic dispute at the residence she shared with her partner, Charles LeFlore Franklin, and their child. Responding officers recorded Miles asking officers to get him away from her and, during a 911 call, asking Why would you do that? before going silent. She died of a close-range gunshot wound to the abdomen; an autopsy found the shot was fired in a downward trajectory.

Franklin, also 26, told police the sawed-off shotgun kept in the house discharged during a physical altercation. Investigators say scene evidence and Miles’s final statements cast doubt on that account. Within 48 hours he was charged with Murder, Unlawful Possession of a Firearm by a Serious Violent Felon, Domestic Battery by Means of a Deadly Weapon, and Intimidation. His prior Cook County robbery conviction made him legally prohibited from possessing firearms.

The case is in the court system while a child and family grieve. If anyone knew Arrianna, the household, or has information about what happened that day, please come forward.