On the late morning of Sunday, November 27, 2022, police in Fort Wayne responded to a shooting in the 1000 block of Rockhill Street. Responders found 44-year-old Montreale Cornelius Turner with a gunshot wound and he was taken to a local hospital in life-threatening condition. The Allen County Coroner’s Office later confirmed the cause of death as a gunshot wound and ruled the manner of death homicide.

Turner was a Black father, born and raised in Miami, Florida, who had relocated to Fort Wayne. He was remembered for his love of cooking, barbecuing, and basketball and described as a big, gregarious man. The shooting was reported as a domestic dispute.

On November 30, 2022, an 18-year-old named Kyree Warren was arrested without incident in the police station lobby and charged preliminarily with murder; court documents allege he shot his stepfather during the dispute. Anyone who knew Turner or witnessed the incident is asked to come forward with information.