A short burst of violence in spring 2016 left Elkhart residents shaken after two deadly incidents at local Housing Authority properties. One of those victims was 30-year-old Lavell Evans, who was shot on April 17, 2016, in the 400 block of Chapman Avenue at the Washington Gardens apartments and died of a gunshot wound to the head the next day.

Investigators identified Marcus Gary in connection with Evans’s death. In September 2016 an Elkhart County judge convicted Gary of murder; he was awaiting sentencing at that time. Few details about motive or the investigative lead-up have been publicized.

If anyone knew Evans, lived at Washington Gardens in April 2016, or saw anything that could help complete the timeline, please share what is known.