DeAngelo Spencer was 28 when he was shot dead inside a home in the 2400 block of Pierce Street in Gary, Indiana. On the morning of May 23, 2017, police who responded to a report of a person shot found Spencer, a Black male, with multiple gunshot wounds; emergency personnel could not save him and the Lake County Coroner pronounced him dead at 9:30 a.m. Authorities ruled the death a homicide and the Lake County/Metro Homicide Unit opened an active investigation.

Spencer was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, later moved to Gary, and was a father of five who had worked at various fast-food establishments. In the immediate aftermath no suspects had been publicly identified and no arrests were announced; investigators asked the public for information. If anyone has information about what happened to DeAngelo Spencer on May 23, 2017, please come forward.