On the late afternoon of September 4, 2024, a dispute over lawn maintenance on the 1900 block of Noble Street in Gary, Indiana escalated into a fatal shooting. Jessica Lipscomb, 36, was shot at a residence and taken to Northlake Methodist Hospital, where she was pronounced dead at 5:20 p.m. The Lake County Coroner’s Office confirmed the death was a homicide caused by gunshot wounds.

Reports say the encounter began with a heated argument between Lipscomb and two individuals working on a neighboring lawn; surveillance footage captured part of the verbal altercation before shots were fired. Authorities identified 18-year-old Jaron Starks Jr. as the person alleged to have fired the shots. The Gary Police Department, Gary Fire Department and the Lake County Prosecutor’s Homicide Task Force responded, and the Lake County Sheriff’s CSI unit processed the scene.

Who in the neighborhood might have witnessed the argument or seen activity on Noble Street that afternoon?