Reports that match a male named Joseph Harris and a shooting were located, but none place a Joseph Harris’s death in Columbia City, Indiana. The closest match is Joseph A. Harris, a 39-year-old man who died of a gunshot wound on January 10, 2021, in Fountaintown, Shelby County. Deputies responding that evening found him deceased at the scene; a 67-year-old man was also located with non-life-threatening injuries and taken to a hospital.

Other search results turned up obituaries for people named Joseph Harris in Indiana whose deaths showed no sign of foul play. Because available details identify the shooting victim as Joseph A. Harris in Shelby County rather than Columbia City, a separate synopsis for a Joseph Harris homicide in Columbia City cannot be prepared from the materials found.

If anyone has information linking a Joseph Harris to a homicide in Columbia City or can provide details that clarify locations or dates, please share what is known.