Rolando Correa was 22 when he was fatally shot on December 2, 2013, in Gary, Indiana. He was killed while coming to the aid of neighbors who were victims of a home invasion; three other people were injured in the same incident. The shooting prompted a criminal investigation that quickly pointed toward members of the Latin Kings street gang.

One person implicated was Mark Cherry, then 21, who was wounded during the gunfight and taken to a hospital in Oak Lawn, Illinois. Cherry was later charged with murder, attempted murder, attempted robbery, criminal confinement, and battery. A lapse in communication between the hospital and law enforcement, together with jurisdictional issues, led to Cherry being released from the hospital in February 2014 without police notification; a nationwide alert followed and Cherry turned himself in to Gary police in May 2014 accompanied by counsel.

Federal prosecutors later pursued a racketeering conspiracy case against Latin Kings members. In May 2018, a jury convicted Darrick Vallodolid, known as Deuce, and Robert Nieto, known as Cowboy. Evidence at trial included proof that Nieto helped set up the home invasion that resulted in Correa’s death and monitored a police scanner to aid the robbers’ escape.

If anyone knew Rolando, his movements that night, or has information about the home invasion, please come forward.