Marcelis Stevenson, 21, was found dead behind the wheel of a vehicle that had struck a tree at 35th and Fillmore in Gary around 10:45 p.m. on January 12, 2020. Paramedics tried to revive him at the scene, but he was pronounced dead. What first looked like a fatal crash was later revealed to be the result of a gunshot wound; the coroner ruled the gunshot the cause of death and determined the wound led to the crash.

The Gary Police Metro Homicide Unit took over the investigation and sought public help reconstructing what happened. In March 2020 authorities charged 17-year-old Melvin M. Brown with murder in Stevenson’s death; Brown was already in custody in connection with a separate fatal shooting and faced additional charges there.

Did anyone in Gary around 35th and Fillmore that night see anything that could help piece together how Stevenson came to be shot?