Jediah RayShaun Perry, a 21-year-old Black man, was shot and killed on November 12, 2021, in front of Kelly’s Soul Kitchen on 5th Avenue in Gary, Indiana. The meeting that led to the shooting had been arranged as a purchase of marijuana; Perry and another man, 25-year-old Rahmere Dunn of Whiting, Indiana, were together inside Perry’s vehicle when a confrontation turned deadly. Prosecutors said Perry was shot five times, including once in the back of the head, and described the killing as execution-style rather than self-defense.

Investigators say Dunn fled the scene with both men’s firearms and deleted Facebook messages that had arranged the meeting. He was identified as the primary suspect, arrested, and charged with murder and a gun enhancement. At trial Dunn asserted he acted in self-defense, claiming Perry tried to rob him at gunpoint; the jury convicted him of murder. On May 3, 2024, he received a 60-year prison sentence—55 years for the murder plus five years for the gun enhancement.

Did anyone in the area witness the meeting or see the vehicle that night?