On May 19, 2020, 19-year-old Trevion Hudnell of Gary, Indiana, was shot and killed alongside 21-year-old Phillip Phillips. Both men sustained fatal gunshot wounds while in a vehicle; police initially responded to the 1300 block of Grant Street but later determined the shooting occurred elsewhere.

Two men, Xavier Watson and Mikal Franklin, were initially charged with the murders, but those charges were later dropped after Watson and Franklin said they acted in self-defense, alleging Hudnell and Phillips were attempting to rob them.

In July 2020 a separate, apparently retaliatory attack targeted the family of Xavier Watson. Sixteen-year-old Christopher Watson was killed and a 56-year-old man wounded; three Gary residents — Devonte T. Phillips, Thaddeus S. McWilliams, and Christian I. Nelson — were arrested and charged with murder and attempted murder in that incident.

Did anyone in the Gary area see activity or hear details around the May 19 shooting or the July retaliatory attack that could shed light on motives or movements?