A map of 2024 Allen County Homicides in and around Fort Wayne, Indiana, with links to information from Fort Wayne Police Department incident reports and the Allen County Coroner’s office.
2024 breakdown by location of all homicides inside Allen County, Indiana:
33 – Inside City of Fort Wayne, Indiana, Corporate Limits
01 – Inside City of Fort Wayne, Indiana, Corporate Limits*
03 – Inside City of New Haven, Indiana, Corporate Limits
01 – Incorporated Town of Grabill, Indiana
01 – Unincorporated Town of Yoder, Indiana
02 – Unincorporated areas of Allen County, Indiana
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41 – Total Allen County Homicides
*Notes:
- On January 29, 2024, the homicides of Adaija Armani Okey and Lamarion Jeremiah Bailey was a double-homicide.
- The shooting of Mr. Alfred Woods happened on July 30, 2004. Mr. Woods died from complications on February 15, 2024. The location of the hospital where he succumbed to his injuries was not listed. We have listed his death as inside the City limits, with a zip code of 46802.
- The homicide of Mr. Rex D. Michel, a local nursing home resident, was the result of injuries sustained in the nursing home, the date of which was not released. He had been transferred to a local, unspecified hospital where he succumbed to his injuries on May 26, 2024. We have listed his death as inside the City limits, with a zip code of 46802.
- Originally, the discovery of the bodies of homicide victims Matthew Joseph Johnson and Christina Michelle Dixon on September 23, 2024, led to their being included in the Allen County Homicide stats. However, in a news release dated November 18, 2024, the Allen County Coroner stated since they’d been killed elsewhere and dumped in Fort Wayne, they weren’t officially Allen County homicides and were removed from the official count.
Click here for a break down of police action shootings.
By age:
The youngest victim was 23 months, while the oldest was 70. The average age was 34.8 years, while the median age was 27.
By gender:
36 – Male (87.8%)
05 – Female (12.2%)
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41 – Total Allen County Homicides
By race:
27 – Black (65.9%)
11 – Caucasian (26.8%)
02 – Hispanic (4.9%)
01 – Asian (2.4%)
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41 – Total Allen County Homicides
By cause:
37 – Gun (90.3%)
02 – Stabbing (5.0%)
01 – Other (2.4%)
01 – Gun/stabbing (2.4%)
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41 – Total Allen County Homicides