Jacque Marquis Anderson was a 28-year-old Black man from East Chicago, Indiana, remembered by family and friends as warm, outgoing, and passionate about dancing. A Lew Wallace High School graduate and father of one, he worked as a grill manager at a local McDonald’s and was described by people who knew him as respectful and conflict-averse.

On the night of July 6, 2019, officers responded to a distress call at a gas station in East Chicago and found Anderson with a severe gunshot wound to his chest. Emergency personnel pronounced him deceased at the scene. The shooting devastated his community and family, who mourned the loss of a young father.

Investigators initially treated the death as an active homicide investigation; the identity of the person responsible was a key unanswered question. If anyone saw activity near that gas station on July 6, 2019, or knows anything about what happened to Jacque Anderson, please come forward.