A December afternoon shooting in Gary, Indiana, left one man dead and another wounded. Around 2:15 p.m. on Tuesday, December 15, 2020, near 36th Avenue and Jackson Street, gunfire broke out and 27-year-old Gary resident Dontae Kelly was found with gunshot wounds and pronounced dead at the scene. A second man was also shot and taken to Northlake Methodist Hospital; that man’s identity has not been released.

Investigators recovered two firearms at the scene and described the incident as an isolated exchange, indicating the two men were acquainted. The Gary Police Department said the investigation was in its preliminary stages. No public announcements about arrests, charges, or a final conclusion in Kelly’s death have been made, and the motives and exact circumstances that led to the shootout remain undisclosed.

If anyone has information about the events near 36th Avenue and Jackson Street on December 15, 2020, or knew Dontae Kelly, please come forward.