Jamarkus Allen Kindred, 33, was found dead from gunshot wounds in a grassy area near Lafayette and East Williams Street in Fort Wayne in the early morning of July 27, 2019. The Allen County Coroner’s Office ruled the death a homicide; it was reported as the county’s 14th homicide that year.

Detectives traced the shooting to an after-hours club in a nearby building after neighbors said they heard loud music and six to seven gunshots. Investigators released images of three people of interest and later identified 27-year-old Demetre Payton as a suspect. Payton was charged with Kindred’s murder in September 2020; he was in the Allen County Jail on an unrelated weapons charge when the murder warrant was served.

Surveillance footage shown at trial reportedly captured Payton and Kindred in a parking lot behind the club, with Payton raising a handgun, firing at Kindred, who fell, and Payton continuing to shoot before leaving in a vehicle. Payton has asserted self-defense. Does anyone have information about the club, the parking lot encounter, or the night of July 27, 2019?