A block party at the Romney Meadows apartment complex in Lafayette turned deadly in the early morning hours of April 24, 2022. Around 4:30 a.m., a gunfight erupted inside an apartment on Phipps Court, killing 34-year-old Tommy Marshall and another man, Edward Roberson, and wounding four other men.

The Tippecanoe County Coroner ruled Marshall’s death a homicide from gunshot wounds. Investigators said the violence began after people who were not residents arrived and caused trouble, and the Lafayette Police Department asked the public for help identifying those involved. An early arrest was made when 23-year-old Anton D. Coats was taken into custody on suspicion of being a serious violent felon in possession of a firearm and carrying a handgun without a license; he was not charged in the fatal shootings.

If anyone was at the Romney Meadows block party or has information about who brought weapons into the apartment that morning, contact the Lafayette Police Department.