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On March 13, 2014, 26-year-old Yueh-Ju Wu was killed during a violent home invasion at the green house on Magoun Avenue in Hammond, Indiana. Wu lived there with his pregnant fiancée, Tayanda Davis, and another housemate. He sold marijuana from the residence and kept about $5,000 in cash at the home, a fact police say likely made it a target for robbery.

Witnesses reported odd activity in the days before the attack, including a man seen loitering near the property dressed as an elderly woman with a gown and walker; that man was later identified as Akeem Carpenter. On the afternoon of the incident several acquaintances were at the house playing video games. Intruders forced their way in, someone shouted Hammond PD as a ruse, and Wu retrieved a firearm before confronting the disturbance. Gunfire was exchanged and Wu was fatally wounded; his fiancée survived.

Surveillance footage and witness testimony later linked Akeem Carpenter to the scene. Carpenter was accused of casing the home in the disguise and participating in the armed robbery that resulted in Wu’s death. Does anyone have information about activity around Magoun Avenue before March 13, 2014?