On the afternoon of Thursday, January 6, 2022, the body of 34-year-old Ronald M. Crawley of Chicago, Illinois, was found in the rear stairway between the first and second floors of a building in the 3900 block of Elm Street in East Chicago. Police were dispatched at about 3:47 p.m.; Crawley had sustained a fatal gunshot wound to his stomach and was pronounced dead at the scene by the Lake County Coroner’s Office.

That same evening an individual arrived at the East Chicago Police Department with blood on his shirt and claimed a home invasion at the same address where Crawley was found. The person was carrying a .45 caliber semi-automatic handgun later identified as having been reported stolen from Tennessee in 2018 and was taken into custody as a person of interest. The East Chicago Police Department Criminal Investigation Division and the Lake County Crime Lab handled the inquiry and scene processing.

Does anyone have information about Crawley, the building on Elm Street, or the events of January 6, 2022?