A dispute in Michigan City, Indiana, ended in death on the evening of Saturday, May 27, 2023. Police were called to a residence in the 400 block of York Street shortly before 6:30 p.m. after reports of a disturbance and a gunshot. Officers found 52-year-old Joseph L. Davis inside the home with a gunshot wound to his torso. He was treated at the scene, taken to Franciscan Hospital, and then airlifted to Memorial Hospital in South Bend, where he died during surgery.

Investigators report Davis had been in a heated argument with another man when a single shot was fired. The other man fled on foot but later walked into the police station at about 8:15 p.m. and surrendered. The man was identified as 31-year-old Jonathan Regis Lamont Smith and was charged with one count of murder; he was booked into LaPorte County Jail without bond pending his initial court appearance.

Are there witnesses who were in the area that evening or anyone with information about what led to the argument?