Kevin Hayden, 54, was shot and killed in Gary, Indiana, on the evening of July 11, 2019. Officers responded about 5:27 p.m. to a home in the 4000 block of West 10th Avenue after a call from his ex-girlfriend reporting a shooting. Hayden was found with gunshot wounds, taken to Methodist Hospital Northlake Campus, and pronounced dead at 7:17 p.m. The Lake County Coroner’s Office confirmed the shooting as the cause of death. Hayden had ties to Chicago Heights though his address was listed in Gary.

Law enforcement arrested Hayden’s 40-year-old ex-girlfriend at the scene and recovered a weapon from the residence; her name has not been released. Investigators with the Lake/Gary Metro Homicide Unit described her as cooperating and have asked the public for information to clarify what happened that evening.

Did anyone in the area see or hear anything around West 10th Avenue on July 11, 2019 that could help explain what led to Hayden’s death?