John Lee Hennington, 15, was fatally shot in Hammond, Indiana, in the early hours of July 7, 2016. Officers found him suffering from a gunshot wound in the 1100 block of Cleveland Street, just blocks from his home, after reports of a shooting around 1:30 a.m. He was taken to Franciscan St. Margaret Health and pronounced dead at 2:06 a.m. The Lake County Coroner’s Office later ruled the death a homicide.

The Hammond Police Department opened an investigation but released no descriptions of suspects and did not identify a motive. No arrests were reported in the immediate aftermath, and officials withheld additional details pending further inquiry.

If anyone in the neighborhood that night saw anything unusual or has information about John’s death, please come forward to help the investigation.