Justin Cedrick Dawson, 25, was killed in the early morning hours of August 28, 2020, on the 1000 block of Ridgewood Drive in Fort Wayne after someone fired multiple shots. Police were dispatched at about 4:10 a.m.; while canvassing the area they found him near the street with multiple apparent gunshot wounds. Paramedics pronounced him dead at the scene and the death was later ruled a homicide.

The scene lay just off Parnell Avenue near the Memorial Coliseum, and a caller told dispatch they had heard roughly five shots. The Fort Wayne Police Department, the Allen County Prosecutor’s Office, and the Allen County Coroner’s Office took the case as a joint investigation. Public notices list Dawson’s birth date as March 13, 1995, and funeral arrangements through Nelson Memorial Gardens with services scheduled for September 9, 2020. A GoFundMe was set up to help his family cover funeral expenses and described the killing as an act of senseless violence.

Authorities did not name a suspect or announce an arrest in the releases from around the time of the killing and asked anyone with information to contact police or submit tips through Crime Stoppers. Does anyone have information about what happened that morning or saw activity on Ridgewood Drive near Parnell Avenue?