On the morning of October 3, 2022, police responded to a residence in the 2900 block of West 11th Avenue in Gary, Indiana, and found two male teenagers unresponsive in the rear of the home with gunshot wounds. The victims were later identified as 14-year-old Robert Bobby Wright and his 16-year-old friend Day’vion Jones. The Lake County Coroner’s Office ruled both deaths homicides.

The double homicide came amid a wave of violence in Gary that produced four murders in less than 48 hours. The Gary Police Chief said investigators believed the victims were targeted and that the shootings were not random, and that authorities did not think the killings were related to drugs or gang activity. Robert was an eighth-grade student at Bailey STEM Academy; his mother, Sarah Arnett, made a public plea for justice.

The Gary/Lake County Metro Homicide Unit continues to investigate, and no arrests have been announced. If anyone has information that could help bring answers about Robert Bobby Wright and Day’vion Jones, please come forward.