Joshua Frierson, 37, was shot and killed in Gary, Indiana, on June 12, 2019. Around 11:49 p.m. in the 500 block of Jackson Street, officers responding to reports of shots fired found Frierson in a vacant lot with multiple gunshot wounds; he was pronounced dead at the scene and the Lake County Coroner’s Office ruled the death a homicide.

The Gary Police Department and the Lake/Gary Metro Homicide Unit opened an investigation and asked the public for information in the days and weeks afterward. The family and community remain without answers.

If anyone has information about what happened that night or knows anything about activity in the 500 block of Jackson Street on June 12, 2019, please contact the Gary Police Department or the Lake/Gary Metro Homicide Unit.