
The Allen County Coroner has identified Scott Reed Armstrong as the 34th Allen County Homicide in 2025.
News release from the Allen County Coroner:
The Allen County Coroner’s Office has identified, and made notification to the next of kin of the deceased individual that was found in the parking lot of Sunoco Gas Station [sic], 437 East Washington Boulevard, Fort Wayne, Allen County, Indiana, at about 1819 hours, Tuesday, December 2, 2025. He has been positively identified as Scott Reed Armstrong, Male, White, age 45 of Fort Wayne, Indiana. The Fort Wayne Police Department responded to a shooting in the parking lot and found Scott Reed Armstrong unresponsive. Three Rivers Ambulance Authority transported him to Lutheran Hospital where he was pronounced deceased.
Scott Reed Armstrong’s Cause of Death is Multiple Gunshot Wounds, and the Manner of Death is Homicide.
Scott Reed Armstrong is the 34th Homicide for Fort Wayne, Allen County in 2025.
The incident remains under investigation by the Fort Wayne Police Department, the Allen County Prosecutor’s Office and the Allen County Coroner’s Office.
Chad Brenneke
Deputy Coroner
Allen County Coroner’s
Office
* The location is actually an Amoco Gas Station.
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