Delwin McCloud Jr., 42, was shot to death on the front porch of his Hammond, Indiana, home in the early hours of August 20, 2023. Friends remembered him as a wonderful individual and a devoted father. The confrontation that ended his life began hours earlier at a motorcycle club picnic in Zion, Illinois, where McCloud and his 21-year-old son Jaylan JJ Mendoza had been drinking and got into a physical fight.

Surveillance video reportedly shows Mendoza arriving at McCloud’s 176th Place residence with a gun visible in his waistband. After Mendoza knocked, an argument over Mendoza’s belongings escalated and gunfire followed. McCloud was found on the stoop with multiple gunshot wounds; investigators recovered eight casings. Mendoza surrendered to police and was charged with murder; he pleaded not guilty and said he acted in self-defense, while his attorneys described injuries they said showed a prior struggle. Questions about gaps in the surveillance footage have been raised.

Are there witnesses or neighbors who remember the events that night or who can help clarify what was captured on that porch camera?