DeShelon Hicks Jr., a 20-year-old Black man, was fatally shot in his Gary, Indiana home on the evening of September 27, 2014. He sustained multiple gunshot wounds and was pronounced dead at Methodist Hospital Northlake in Gary at 11:28 p.m.; the Lake County Coroner’s Office ruled his death a homicide. Hicks was a 2012 graduate of Thea Bowman Leadership Academy and was employed at Interprize Realty in Hammond, Indiana.

Three individuals were identified and charged in connection with the killing, but the cases against all three were later dismissed. The investigation remains unresolved, and family and community members continue to grieve the loss of a son, brother, and friend.

If anyone has information about Hicks’ death or saw anything relevant on or around September 27, 2014, please come forward.