Ryan Patrick Harding, 32, was killed early on June 16, 2024, after gunfire at a house party in the 6000 block of Melan Cove on Fort Wayne’s northeast side. Guests had been watching a televised professional fight and, according to a witness, had been drinking and partying all night. Shortly before 5 a.m. an argument erupted between another partygoer and a man identified as Tyshawn Morris.

Accounts differ about what followed. Morris told police he went outside to wait for a ride after being punched, and that he then pulled a gun and fired three to four times, saying he aimed low. The man who argued with Morris said he saw Morris pull out a gun and was shot while trying to slap it away. One bullet grazed that man; another struck Harding in the torso. Harding was found in the home’s garage, taken to a hospital, and pronounced dead. The Allen County Coroner’s Office ruled his death a homicide.

Does anyone who attended that party or lived nearby have information about the sequence of events that night?