Charles H. Foard Jr. was 56 and a longtime East Chicago, Indiana, resident when he was killed on the evening of July 7, 2019. Police were investigating a single-car crash in an alley when a separate vehicle driven by 19-year-old Terrell Davis sped into the area while fleeing an unrelated altercation. Davis discharged a firearm as he drove; Foard was struck once in the chest, taken to a hospital, and later died.

Davis was arrested and initially charged with murder. Prosecutors and defense reached a plea agreement; the murder charge was dropped and Davis pleaded guilty to reckless homicide. In February 2020 he received a four-year prison sentence. Foard’s family described him as a kind mechanic who was generous and much missed.

If anyone witnessed the July 7, 2019 events in that alley or has information about what led up to the shooting, please share what was seen or known.