Alan J. Puff, known as AJ, was a 21-year-old Fort Wayne resident and motorsports enthusiast who raced at Baer Field, Angola, and Kalamazoo Raceways. He worked as a fence installer for R & R Fencing and was remembered as a beloved son and brother, survived by parents John and Connie, three sisters and one brother.

On Sunday, September 21, 2014, Puff suffered a gunshot injury and was taken to Lutheran Hospital in Fort Wayne, where he died of his wounds. The Allen County Coroner’s Office ruled the manner of death a homicide; reports from the time indicate another person was injured in the same shooting, which was recorded as Allen County’s twelfth homicide that year.

Services were held at a local funeral home and online memorials received messages from family and friends.