Jeriel K. Odie, 35, was shot in the 600 block of Adams Street in Gary, Indiana, late on the evening of August 18, 2019. Responders arrived around 11:25 p.m., and he was pronounced dead shortly after midnight on August 19, 2019. The Lake County Coroner’s Office ruled his death a homicide.

A Merrillville resident and former Horace Mann High School student, Jeriel worked at Polycon Industries. Family and friends remember him as a quiet, helpful man devoted to his children and his fiancée, who enjoyed simple pleasures like trying new restaurants. The Gary and Merrillville police departments and the Lake County Metro Homicide Unit handled the investigation, but no public details about suspects or arrests have been released and the case remained open.

If anyone knew Jeriel or has information about the shooting, please share what can help the investigation.