A Fourth of July block party in Gary, Indiana turned deadly in the early hours of July 5, 2022, when gunfire erupted in the 1900 block of Missouri Street at about 12:46 a.m. Three people were killed and seven others wounded in the mass shooting. Among those killed was 26-year-old Marquise Hall of Lafayette, Indiana, who was pronounced dead at the scene.

Hall’s death was particularly personal for the city’s leadership: his cousin, Jerome Prince, was serving as Gary’s mayor at the time and publicly expressed his family’s grief and outrage. The other two people killed were identified as 20-year-old Ashanti Brown of Olympia Fields, Illinois, and 25-year-old Laurance Magnum of Merrillville, Indiana.

The Lake County Metro Homicide Division took over the investigation. Police briefly detained a person of interest soon after the shooting, but no public announcement of charges or arrests in the three deaths has been reported. Anyone with information is asked to contact investigators.