On the afternoon of May 31, 2020, 22-year-old Dorell Glenn Townsend Jr. was shot and killed inside a Gary, Indiana, convenience store after a verbal exchange with Terry Horton. Surveillance footage shows Townsend and his girlfriend at the counter when Horton and his half-brother, Aaron Sawyer IV, entered. As Townsend’s girlfriend left, Sawyer — who had been standing near Horton — drew a handgun, paused while a woman and three children walked by, then opened fire. Townsend was found by the store’s front doors and pronounced dead at the scene.

Police identified Horton from the video and later identified Sawyer as the shooter. Sawyer claimed self-defense, saying he believed his and Horton’s lives were in danger; his attorney pointed to recent trauma in Sawyer’s family as context. A jury convicted Sawyer of murder; he was sentenced to 60 years for the murder plus seven years for a gun enhancement, a total of 67 years. Horton pleaded guilty to assisting a criminal in exchange for his testimony and awaited sentencing after Sawyer’s trial.

If anyone was at the gas station that day or has information about the moments before the shooting, please come forward.