On May 10, 2022, 29-year-old Devante Brown was shot and killed in the 1700 block of West 5th Avenue in Gary, Indiana. The shooting followed a domestic dispute at a gathering after Brown asked to hold an infant and the child’s father denied the request; the disagreement escalated into a verbal confrontation and then gunfire. Brown was taken to a local hospital and later died of his injuries.

The Gary Police Department’s Violent Crimes Division is investigating. No public information about arrests or an identified suspect in Brown’s death has been released and the case remains open. That same evening a separate, unrelated homicide occurred in Gary, involving 27-year-old Kurtis Tolliver in the 4400 block of Washington Street.

Did anyone at the gathering or nearby see what happened or have information about the confrontation that led to Devante Brown’s death?