A fight at an after-hours party on Oliver Street in Fort Wayne turned deadly on June 12, 2022, when 27-year-old Dequavius Devonte Tyler was shot during a dispute. The altercation began as a fistfight between Tyler and another person; witnesses say 30-year-old Issac D. Martin, Jr. intervened, circling the fight while holding a handgun with an extended magazine. Multiple gunshots struck Tyler as he tried to flee.

A nearby Fort Wayne patrol officer heard the gunfire and saw a black Mazda SUV speed away. The officer pursued; Martin abandoned the vehicle and hid under a parked truck. Police recovered a box of 9mm Sig Sauer ammunition on Martin, and forensic testing linked shell casings from the scene to that ammunition. Martin was charged with murder, criminal recklessness with a deadly weapon, and use of a firearm in a felony. His trial began in June 2023 and the jury returned guilty verdicts on murder and criminal recklessness; sentencing was set for August 4, 2023.

Did anyone at the party or in the Oliver Street neighborhood see what led up to the fight or recognize the vehicle involved?