
On January 22, 2020, the Fort Wayne Police Department released the following statement:
We do have reason to believe that the Logan Avenue, Euclid Avenue and Senate Street shootings are all linked. We do have person(s) of interest in these shootings. We are looking for additional information and are asking for the communities help. If you have ANY information, no matter how small you think it is, call us at 427-1201 and ask to speak to a homicide detective. These acts of violence are not acceptable and are not what we should accept as normal. Come forward and help us stop this.
News release from the Fort Wayne Police Department:
Euclid Avenue shooting investigation
Date: January 13, 2020
Time: 2243 hours
Location: 3800 block of Euclid Avenue, Fort Wayne, Indiana
Victim: Male, Black, 13 years-old
Details/Summary:
Officers responded to a shooting at a home in the 3800 block of Euclid around 10:43pm last night. There they found a male, age 13 suffering from gunshot wounds. He was transported to a local hospital and determined to have non-life threatening injuries.
There was a report that there was knocking at the front door of the home and when the juvenile went to answer the door he was shot. There were multiple shots fired. We have no suspects at this time.
There is very little information on this incident and we are asking the community to please help us with these last two shootings. We need to continue to work together to put an end to this. Our detectives are working tirelessly on these shootings. Please come forward with any information you may have about these or any other shootings.
All criminal defendants are to be presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.
All information is preliminary and subject to change during the course of the investigation.
Investigators are asking anyone with information about the shooting to contact the Fort Wayne Police Department at 427-1201, Crime Stoppers at 436-7867, or use the free “P3 Tips” app.