On February 5, 2023, 21-year-old Michael McCord Jr., a Black resident of Lafayette, Indiana, was found with fatal gunshot wounds outside an apartment complex near the intersection of Concord Road and Brady Lane on the city’s south side. Officers responded to reports of gunfire just before 12:45 a.m. and McCord was pronounced dead at the scene. Detectives with the Lafayette Police Department treated the shooting as a targeted attack on McCord, but in the days after the killing police released no suspect information and made no arrests.

McCord was the son of Michael A. McCord and Dorlinda Miller and is survived by sisters Shamiya McCord and Jasmine Thomas. The case remained an open homicide investigation as officials urged anyone with information about what led to the shooting to come forward. If anyone has information about Michael’s death or the events that night, please contact the Lafayette Police Department.