On the evening of Wednesday, December 6, 2023, police responded to a call at Villa Capri Apartments on Fox Point Trail in Fort Wayne and found a man suffering from gunshot wounds in a hallway. He was pronounced dead at the scene and later identified as 31-year-old Antonio Cortez Harris of Fort Wayne. An autopsy confirmed Harris died of multiple gunshot wounds; the case was classified as a homicide and recorded as the 26th killing in Fort Wayne and Allen County for 2023.

The Fort Wayne Police Department, the Allen County Prosecutor’s Office and the Allen County Coroner’s Office led the investigation. In the days after the shooting, authorities worked to identify a suspect and on Monday, December 11, 2023 made a high-risk traffic stop near South Anthony Boulevard and Simons Street. Officers arrested 23-year-old Joshua Parrish and charged him with murder; he was taken to the Allen County Jail.

If anyone has information about Antonio Harris, his movements that night, or the events at Villa Capri Apartments, please share what you know.