A triple homicide in a Fort Wayne house known for parties claimed three young lives on February 24, 2016. Seventeen-year-old Muhannad Adam Tairab, of Sudanese descent, was found shot multiple times at close range alongside 23-year-old Mohamedtaha Omar and 20-year-old Adam K. Mekki. The killings were described as execution-style, and the discovery shocked the local community.

Early concern that the deaths might represent a hate crime—two of the victims were Muslim—was dismissed by the Fort Wayne Police Department as the investigation progressed. Authorities said the house where the victims were found had a reputation for illicit activity, though the victims themselves were not gang-involved. Investigators treated the case as a high priority and asked the public for leads.

Arrests were made in September 2016: 19-year-olds Darrell L. McDaniel and Artavius G. Richards. Prosecutors say the motive was a drug robbery that went wrong. Richards was convicted by a jury on three counts of murder and later sentenced to 190 years; McDaniel pleaded guilty to robbery as part of a deal that dropped the murder charges against him and received 20 years. Did anyone who knew Muhannad recognize the house or recall unusual visitors or arguments around late February 2016?