On June 11, 2021, 55-year-old Richard Ricky A. Castellana was shot and killed outside the First Midwest Bank at 1975 West Ridge Road in Gary, Indiana. Castellana, a Tinley Park resident, was working as a security guard at the branch after retiring in 2019 following a 35-year career as a Cook County Sheriff’s Deputy. The attack occurred shortly after 1:15 p.m. when two armed assailants ambushed him as he patrolled the exterior; surveillance footage shows one suspect with a rifle and another with a handgun.

The robbers then entered the bank and took approximately $9,000 in cash. Investigators say the robbery was planned by Hailey Gist-Holden, who enlisted players from a semi-professional football team to carry out the heist. One suspect was captured near the scene with a backpack containing the stolen money and a handgun; others were arrested after fleeing.

Does anyone have information about Castellana’s movements that afternoon or about witnesses who saw the ambush?