Scott Stewart, 50, of Gary, Indiana, was found with a gunshot wound in the driver’s seat of a Dodge Durango that had crashed into a snowbank in the early hours of Saturday, January 18, 2020. The vehicle was located near 15th Avenue and Bigger Street, and Stewart was pronounced dead at the scene just after 2 a.m. His death was later ruled a homicide by the Lake County Coroner’s Office; an obituary initially listed January 19, 2020, but law enforcement confirmed the shooting occurred on January 18.

Few details about the circumstances of the shooting have been released. The Gary Police Department opened an investigation, and as of the latest reports no arrests or suspect identifications have been made public and the investigation remains ongoing.

If anyone witnessed activity near 15th Avenue and Bigger Street around the early hours of January 18, 2020, or has information about this case, please come forward.