On the night of Saturday, February 3, 2024, 19-year-old Jayden Lamont Morris was killed in a shooting in the 1200 block of Rivermet Avenue in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Police were called for reported gunshots near Lakeside Park around 11:40 p.m.; officers found three people with gunshot wounds at the rear of a residence. Morris, a freshman football player at the University of Saint Francis and a South Side High School graduate, was pronounced dead at the scene. The Allen County Coroner ruled his death a homicide from multiple gunshot wounds.

Two other men sustained non-life-threatening gunshot injuries and were taken to a local hospital. Detectives canvassed the neighborhood for witnesses and video and the Fort Wayne Police Department, Allen County Prosecutor’s Office, and Coroner’s Office are involved in the investigation. No arrests or publicly named suspects have been announced. If anyone saw activity in the Rivermet Avenue or Lakeside Park area late on February 3 or has video or information, please share it with investigators.