On the evening of August 22, 2024, officers responded to the 7900 block of Decatur Road at the Arbors of Southtown apartments in Fort Wayne after an off-duty firefighter reported hearing gunshots. Inside an apartment they found Jamion Martin, a 29-year-old Black male from Chicago, with multiple gunshot wounds. Medics pronounced him dead at the scene and the Allen County Coroner’s Office ruled the death a homicide.

Investigators tied the shooting to a dispute that began three days earlier, when Martin allegedly assaulted a man known as Uncle Cubby, identified in reports as 63-year-old Dwayne Sims, after accusing him of stealing money from the resident of the apartment where Martin was later killed. Security footage shows two men believed to be Sims and 34-year-old Gregory Maye Lovelady entering the apartment shortly before the shooting; a witness said Sims walked in with a gun and shot Martin twice. Both men were arrested and charged in connection with the case.

If anyone has information about Martin, the people involved that night, or the events leading up to August 22, please share what is known.