On the evening of October 3, 2024, 19-year-old Preston Jermere Church II was shot multiple times while in the 6000 block of Waycross Drive in Fort Wayne, near Paulding and Hessen Cassel roads. He was transported to a nearby hospital but died of his wounds; the Allen County Coroner ruled the cause of death multiple gunshot wounds and classified it a homicide.

The Fort Wayne Police Department opened a homicide investigation, canvassing the neighborhood and interviewing potential witnesses. Detectives asked the public for information to help identify those responsible.

If anyone has information about what happened that night or knew Preston, please come forward to investigators.