On the evening of February 25, 2019, 23-year-old Ahlon Buggs of Gary was shot in the 3900 block of Pulaski Street in East Chicago. He suffered multiple gunshot wounds, was taken to St. Catherine Hospital, and was pronounced dead at 8:20 p.m. that night. The Lake County Coroner’s Office later ruled the death a homicide caused by those gunshot wounds.

Police opened an investigation into the killing, but public reports do not show any arrests or named suspects. Friends and family held a funeral service for Buggs on March 13, 2019, at Greater Bible Church in East Chicago.

If anyone has information about what happened on Pulaski Street that night, please come forward to the authorities handling the case.