Tristan Branch was 26 and a Black male from Chicago when he was shot dead inside a second-floor apartment at the Rosedale Highrise on West Indiana Avenue in Elkhart, Indiana. Police responded to shots fired at about 2:30 a.m. on July 9, 2016; Branch sustained fatal gunshot wounds and was pronounced dead at the scene. An autopsy was scheduled and the Elkhart Police Department opened a homicide investigation.

Investigators collected evidence and conducted interviews, but publicly released information did not identify a motive or any person of interest early in the probe. The killing was noted as one of several homicides with ties to Chicago during a violent year in Elkhart. The investigation remains publicly unresolved, and his family and the community continue to have unanswered questions.

If anyone knew why Tristan Branch was in Elkhart that night or has information about the shooting, please share what you know with investigators.