Edwin Stringfellow, a Black man reported as 35 years old in the incident account, was shot and killed in an apartment in Gary, Indiana on June 17, 2021. Police were called for reports of gunfire and arrived around 11:20 p.m., finding Stringfellow deceased at the scene. An obituary listed him as Edwin D. Stringfellow and gave his age as 36, with funeral services at the end of June 2021.

Online memorials and coverage note an ongoing investigation without releasing who might have been responsible or what led to the shooting. If anyone knew Edwin, was in that neighborhood that night, or has information about the apartment where he was killed, please come forward with what can help his family and investigators.