On October 25, 2020, 30-year-old Preston Billings, a Black man originally from Chicago and sometimes referred to as Preston Billings IV, was found dead in a grassy area near an apartment complex in the 1900 block of Park West Boulevard in Griffith, Indiana. An anonymous caller reported a person lying on the ground about 5:00 a.m.; officers discovered Billings’ body between the residential building and a parking lot. The Lake County Coroner’s Office determined he died of multiple gunshot wounds.

Investigators recovered spent shell casings and other evidence at the scene, and the Griffith Police Department worked with the Northwest Indiana Major Crimes Task Force and the Indiana State Police on the homicide investigation. Detective Jim Sibley urged anyone with information to use anonymous tip lines, but no suspects or arrests were publicly identified and the motive remained unclear.

If anyone knew Preston or was in that area that morning, does anything about his movements or contacts before 5:00 a.m. help explain what happened?