On the morning of December 15, 2025, a 39-year-old man was found fatally shot in the parking lot of the Artistic Hair salon in the 1100 block of North Logan Street in Mishawaka, Indiana. Responding officers located the body near North Logan and West Marion streets at about 5:45 a.m.; the victim was identified as Dustin Mitchell Abraham Sr., who was pronounced dead at the scene.

Detectives from the Mishawaka Police Major Crimes Unit opened a homicide investigation. Abraham’s family reportedly directed authorities to the location. The St. Joseph County Prosecutor’s Office was reviewing the findings to decide whether charges should be filed, and no one had been publicly named or charged.

Abraham was a native of South Bend, born in July 1986. He is remembered by family for his sense of humor and storytelling, a love of Notre Dame athletics, the Chicago Bears and Bulls, fishing and grilling, and as the father of several children. A funeral was arranged by St. Joseph Funeral Homes; his family planned a later celebration of life.

If anyone has information about what happened that morning, please share tips with the Mishawaka Police.