Charlie DayJohn West was 22 when he was found fatally shot inside a residence in the 3000 block of Oliver Street in Fort Wayne, Indiana, on October 20, 2017. His death was recorded as the 24th homicide in Allen County that year.

The investigation has remained unresolved. As of early 2025 no arrests had been announced and the case was still open. The Fort Wayne Police Department has periodically asked the public for information to help identify a suspect and provide closure to West’s family.

Why might this shooting, one of several unsolved homicides from 2017, still lack leads — and did anyone in the area at the time see or hear anything that could help investigators now?