On December 4, 2025, the Fort Wayne Police Department responded to the Thunder Bowl at 6700 block of Lafayette Street in reference to a shooting.
Fort Wayne Police Department incident report:
Date: December 9, 2025
Location: FWPD Headquarters, 1 East Main Street, Fort Wayne, Indiana
Time: 1100 hours
Suspect Arrested: Tristan Pernell 24yoa
Preliminary Charges:
- Attempted Murder, Felony Level 1
- Aggravated Battery
- Battery with a Deadly Weapon
- Criminal Recklessness Shooting a Firearm into a Gathering
Details/Summary:
On December 4, 2025, the Fort Wayne Police Department responded to the 6700 block of S. Lafayette St in reference to a shooting investigation. FWPD Officers arrived and located multiple shooting victims. The victims were transported to area trauma centers in life threatening and non-life-threatening conditions. Homicide Detectives conducted a criminal investigation, and Tristan Pernell 24yoa was identified as a suspect in the shooting. On December 8, 2025, Pernell was placed under arrest and preliminary charged with Attempted Murder, Aggravated Battery, Battery with a Deadly Weapon, and Criminal Recklessness Shooting a Firearm into a Gathering.
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.
Download the news release from the FWPD.
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