In the late hours of October 17, 2021, gunfire in Hammond, Indiana, left two people dead after a confrontation in a lot near Hohman Avenue and Gostlin Street. Victims were 27-year-old Christienne Cloutier of Chicago and 30-year-old Krystol McDonald-Jones, also of Chicago. Witnesses reported an argument between a Black male and a group of masked Black males that escalated into a shootout. Cloutier and McDonald-Jones fled in a Buick Rendezvous that later crashed into a building; both were found inside with multiple gunshot wounds. A two-year-old child in the vehicle was unharmed and placed in protective custody.

Investigators found a Glock on the driver’s side floor of the SUV and tied the attack to an earlier altercation at a Citgo on Gostlin Street. Police sought a stolen 2016 silver Dodge Charger believed used by the assailants; that Charger had been taken in a Chicago carjacking earlier that night and the carjacking victim’s credit cards were later used at Hammond gas stations. In November 2022, Damon Calhoun, 21, of Chicago, was charged with two counts of murder and was awaiting extradition from Cook County Jail.

Does anyone have information about the events at the Citgo that night or the stolen Dodge Charger?