On the evening of July 9, 2015, 30-year-old Melvin Palmer III was fatally shot in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Palmer had been a passenger in a friend’s car and pulled over near Winter Street and Rudisill Boulevard. He exited the vehicle and approached a teenager while holding money; witnesses say the encounter turned violent when the 17-year-old allegedly produced a firearm. Two gunshots were fired during a struggle, and a second shooter reportedly emerged from a nearby house and opened fire. Palmer was taken to a hospital in critical condition and died of his wounds.

Witnesses gave differing accounts about whether shots came from a house on Lillie Street or from fleeing suspects in a vehicle; police later found bullet holes in the house named by some witnesses. Fort Wayne police identified three teenage suspects: brothers Shakidi and Kamari Underwood, then 17 and 16, and another 16-year-old. Two handguns were recovered and Shakidi was arrested during a traffic stop in Georgia. The three were initially charged with murder, felony murder and robbery; the third teen agreed to testify against the brothers in exchange for his charges being dropped.

Did anyone in the Fort Wayne area see or hear anything that night that could clarify where the fatal shots originated?