On the evening of Saturday, July 30, 2022, 34-year-old Samuel L. Gillum was fatally shot outside the Walmart Superstore at 4801 West Clara Lane in Muncie, Indiana. The shooting happened around 8:30 p.m. as Gillum was leaving the store with his wife. Officers arriving after reports of gunfire found Gillum with a gunshot wound to the head; he was taken to a local hospital and later died there.

A suspect was taken into custody the same night. Tyler C. Abrams, 32, of Muncie, was arrested about 9 p.m. in the 2000 block of North Nebo and initially charged with murder, criminal recklessness, and obstruction of justice. Reports said the attack occurred near Gillum’s two young children. Gillum was remembered as a husband, father of two young daughters, a brother, and a son.

If anyone witnessed the shooting outside the Walmart that evening or has information about Samuel’s final movements, please come forward.