Antonio D. ’Tone’ McClain, 29, was fatally shot on September 20, 2016, at a State Street apartment property in Elkhart, Indiana. The shooting occurred in a stairwell and also killed his brother Anthony. Neighbors remembered the brothers by nicknames Tone and Tank and described them as familiar, friendly faces around the building.

Early investigator accounts describe a fast-moving confrontation that began as a fight or heated dispute and escalated to gunfire. Police and the county coroner said both brothers died of gunshot wounds. Prosecutors later said the confrontation involved James E. Ross Jr., who they say arrived at 413 State Street, threatened a female resident about certain people being there, and then opened fire when Antonio intervened.

Ross was charged in the double homicide and, after a 2018 trial where he claimed self-defense, a jury convicted him of two counts of murder; the court imposed consecutive 65-year terms for a total of 130 years.