A shooting on October 13, 2021, in East Chicago, Indiana, ended with two people dead and a third seriously wounded. Around 12:23 p.m., police responded to the 1200 block of West 149th Street after a silver Chevy Impala crashed into a house. The vehicle’s driver, 43-year-old Nalisha Martin, was found unconscious in the car and later died at a Chicago-area hospital. Across the street, 52-year-old Christopher Burks was discovered lying in a pool of blood and was pronounced dead at a local hospital.

Officers also learned of a separate gunshot victim on the 4800 block of Walsh Avenue: 19-year-old Gary Shanklin Jr. was found conscious but uncooperative and taken to a Chicago hospital in serious but stable condition. Investigators identified Shanklin as the suspect in the deaths of Burks and Martin; prosecutors filed two counts of felony murder against him on October 18, 2021. Shanklin was described as armed and dangerous and known to frequent the area where he was found wounded.

Does anyone have information about the victims’ movements that afternoon or about activity on West 149th Street or Walsh Avenue around noon?