Shortly after 1:30 a.m. on April 24, 2007, South Bend Police Corporal Nick Samuel Polizzotto, 34, and his partner responded to a shots-fired call near an unoccupied nightclub on Lincoln Way East. Witnesses directed them to a room at the nearby Wooden Indian Motel, where a 45-year-old man answered the door. The man suddenly opened fire with a .22-caliber handgun, unleashing about ten shots. Polizzotto was struck under his arm, a location not covered by his ballistic vest; his partner was hit in the shoulder. Both officers returned fire and the suspect was shot and killed during the exchange.

Corporal Polizzotto died of his wounds about an hour later at Memorial Hospital. His partner survived. Investigators later concluded the officers had acted in self-defense; because the sole suspect died at the scene, there were no arrests or a trial. Polizzotto was a nine-year veteran of the department and a father to an 8-year-old son.

Did anyone in the area that night notice suspicious activity near the Wooden Indian Motel or Lincoln Way East that could add detail to the timeline?