On the evening of September 2, 2024, Larry Whiters, 47, was found at the intersection of W. 22nd Plaza and Morton Street in Gary, Indiana, suffering multiple gunshot wounds. The Lake County Coroner’s Office was called at 8:50 p.m.; Whiters was pronounced dead by 9:34 p.m. His family identified the body. A forensic autopsy at the Lake County Forensic Center in Crown Point ruled the death a homicide, listing the cause as multiple gunshot wounds.

Whiters was originally from the 8200 block of Aberdeen Street in Chicago. Why he was in Gary that night has not been disclosed. The Gary Police Department, the Lake County Prosecutor’s Homicide Task Force and the Sheriff’s Department are investigating, and no suspects or arrests have been publicly announced. Investigators have asked the public for any information that could help the case.

If anyone was in the area that night or knew why Whiters might have been in Gary, can you share what you know?