Christian Ogbomon was an 18-year-old from Hammond, Indiana, days away from his high school graduation when he was shot and killed in the early hours of May 29, 2023. Police were called to the 3700 block of Euclid Avenue in East Chicago at about 12:17 a.m. and found Ogbomon on a second-story balcony with a fatal gunshot wound. The Lake County Coroner’s Office ruled his death a homicide.

Investigators say Christian had been visiting a young woman he met on Instagram a month earlier. Court documents state he climbed onto the balcony to enter her bedroom; the two were inside for about two hours before the woman’s father, Robert Allison, returned and — after hearing screaming and forcing his way toward the bedroom — shot Christian from about 10 feet away. Allison called 911 and was taken into custody. The Lake County Prosecutor’s Office charged Allison, initially with voluntary manslaughter and later with murder with a firearm enhancement.

Christian’s family and friends remembered him as funny, kind, outgoing, and someone who liked working on cars with his father. Does anyone have information about Christian’s movements that night or knew him well enough to add context to what happened?