Demetrice Taylor, a 41-year-old Black man, was killed by a gunshot in Michigan City, Indiana in the early morning of June 8, 2019. Around 1:58 a.m. police were called to the 200 block of Grace Street in the Eastport Neighborhood after the sound of gunfire; officers found Taylor suffering a fatal gunshot wound.

The Michigan City Police Department opened a homicide investigation with assistance from the Investigative Division, the LaPorte County HIDTA Drug Task Force, and the LaPorte County Sheriff’s investigation team. Detectives interviewed neighbors, acquaintances, and relatives but the case remains unsolved. No arrests or suspects have been publicly identified.

Detective Corporal Michelle Widelski and others have appealed for community help. If anyone in Michigan City’s Eastport Neighborhood that night saw or heard anything related to the shooting, please share what is known with investigators.