Deshawn Daniel Pfeifer was found dead in an alley near the 1300 block of Corby Boulevard in South Bend on Saturday, January 4, 2020. He was 20 and had sustained multiple gunshot wounds. Known as Shawn, he was born May 22, 1999, described by those who knew him as funny and energetic with a bright smile. He graduated from Pennway Night School in June 2019, worked as a forklift operator at Wesco Distribution, and had planned to attend Ivy Tech for an apprenticeship.

The St. Joseph County Metro Homicide Unit treated the death as a homicide and identified a suspect. On January 7, 2020, 28-year-old Dominique Calvin Williams was arrested and booked into the St. Joseph County Jail on a preliminary suspicion of felony murder in connection with Pfeifer’s shooting. Did anyone in the community know Shawn or see activity near Corby Boulevard that weekend?