On the evening of April 20, 2023, 11-year-old T’yon Len Horston was shot and killed on the front porch of a home in the 600 block of North Johnson Street in South Bend. Officers responded around 5:00 p.m. after ShotSpotter alerts and 911 calls. T’yon, a sixth-grader at Jefferson Traditional Middle School known for his love of sports and a goofy personality, was taken to Memorial Hospital and pronounced dead.

Investigators say T’yon was an innocent bystander caught in a shootout between two individuals. Witnesses reported a man in all-black with a ski mask firing a rifle from an alley while another person wearing red returned fire. Authorities identified one shooter as 18-year-old Dominick Williams Jr., who fled in a white Dodge Charger later found disabled. Police allege he abandoned the car carrying firearms and entered a white SUV that picked him up; 22-year-old Arthur Leon Taylor has been accused of driving that SUV. Williams was arrested May 22, 2023, and charged with murder and a firearm enhancement; his bond was later posted and then revoked after further arrests.

Does anyone have information about that block or the vehicles involved?