On June 28, 2018, 26-year-old Dernail Ivory Brown was found suffering from gunshot wounds on a sidewalk near Fourth and Harrison streets in Fort Wayne, Indiana. He was taken to a hospital but died from his injuries.

Officers investigating that scene were alerted to a nearby crash at Fourth and Wells streets where a vehicle had struck a parked car. Inside were two other men who had been shot: 25-year-old Deshaun Devon Richards, who was pronounced dead at the scene from a gunshot wound to the head, and 28-year-old Breondon Devon Pinkston, who was transported to a hospital and also died from his injuries. The three deaths transformed initial response into a triple homicide investigation that left families and the community seeking answers.