Anthony Long, 38, was shot and killed in the early morning hours of February 26, 2022, at the intersection of West Monroe Street and South Lafayette Boulevard in South Bend. Police found Long unconscious inside his vehicle with gunshot wounds; his wallet and keys were missing and surveillance footage showed he had those items earlier that night. Traffic camera video captured two vehicles at the scene: Long’s car and a maroon Ford Fusion that fled after the shooting.

Witnesses described a tall man in a white T-shirt who leaned into Long’s vehicle and opened fire, briefly got into Long’s car, and was then urged to leave by a second person near the Fusion. Investigators traced the Fusion to the mother of 32-year-old Cecil Huston of South Bend. Surveillance and cell phone GPS placed Huston at the intersection that night; a woman seen with him later told police Huston broke the back window, shot Long, searched the car and wiped it down, and had threatened her to keep her silent.

On June 10 the St. Joseph County Prosecutor’s Office charged Cecil Huston with murder, felony murder, armed robbery and a firearm enhancement; Huston was taken into custody on August 2. Does anyone have information about Long’s movements that night or about the maroon Ford Fusion?