On the evening of May 13, 2020, 17-year-old Kelvin Stanford Jr. was shot and killed in the 1100 block of E. McKinley Avenue in South Bend, Indiana. Police found Stanford deceased and another juvenile with a gunshot wound; an autopsy later showed Stanford had been shot five times.

After the group went inside, witnesses’ stories diverge: Tucker’s cousin said Stanford produced a gun and ordered the cousin to leave, while another witness said Stanford raised a gun but did not point it at anyone. Tucker then drew a firearm and shot Stanford multiple times and fired at two others until his gun was empty, then fled. Investigators recovered an empty handgun in a nearby garbage bin.

Charges of murder and attempted murder were filed against Tucker, who was later arrested. The first trial in March 2022 ended in a mistrial. In May 2022 Tucker pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter in Stanford’s death and to attempted battery with a deadly weapon for the surviving teen’s injuries; in June 2022 a judge imposed concurrent terms of 15 years and five years.

If anyone knew Kelvin or was in that neighborhood that night, please share what you remember.