Damion Lamarr Jacobs, 19, was found dead from gun violence behind an apartment building in the 6100 block of Holgate Drive in Fort Wayne on the evening of January 28, 2026. Emergency personnel had been called for an unconscious male and discovered Jacobs’ body; the Fort Wayne Police Department opened a homicide investigation and sent detectives and crime scene technicians to the scene.

The community is mourning the loss of a young life, and investigators are asking anyone with information about the shooting to come forward.

Did anyone in the Fort Wayne area see or hear anything near Holgate Drive that night or know anything that could help the investigation?