On the night of August 12, 2019, a gathering in a Gary home on the 5200 block of East 13th Place ended with 35-year-old Reginald Hamilton shot in the chest by a rifle. Police were called at 11:04 p.m. after a woman reported her boyfriend had been shot. Officers found Hamilton deceased inside the residence; the Lake County Coroner’s Office ruled the cause of death a gunshot wound and classified it a homicide.

Investigators recovered the rifle believed to have been involved. Another man who had been at the gathering was taken to hospital with non-life-threatening head injuries; authorities said he may have been battered by other individuals present after the shooting. The circumstances of how the rifle discharged and who was responsible remain unclear, and no arrests had been announced as of early 2025.

Did anyone attend that gathering or have information about the sequence of events in the home that night?