On March 21, 1984, Charles Edward McKinney, 51, was killed outside Alain L. Locke Elementary School at 3757 West 21st Avenue in Gary, Indiana. McKinney worked as a plainclothes security officer for the Gary schools for about ten years and had been deputized as a Special Deputy Sheriff by the Lake County Sheriff’s Department. He was a United States Navy veteran who served in the Korean War.

Around 6:05 a.m. as McKinney arrived for work, two unidentified men approached him and an attempted robbery turned violent. A handgun was produced and McKinney was shot in the head; his service weapon and wallet were taken before the suspects fled. The attackers escaped immediate capture and remained at large after the incident.

Are there readers who remember that morning or who have information about the two men who approached McKinney?