{"id":120417,"date":"2025-07-21T11:00:05","date_gmt":"2025-07-21T15:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/?p=120417"},"modified":"2025-07-22T17:23:32","modified_gmt":"2025-07-22T21:23:32","slug":"fwpd-police-seek-to-identify-river-run-trail-homicide-victim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/2025\/07\/21\/fwpd-police-seek-to-identify-river-run-trail-homicide-victim\/","title":{"rendered":"FWPD: Police seek to identify River Run Trail homicide victim"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_120418\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-120418\" style=\"width: 527px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/20250721-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"527\" height=\"355\" class=\"size-full wp-image-120418\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/20250721-1.jpg 527w, https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/20250721-1-300x202.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/20250721-1-150x101.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 527px) 100vw, 527px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-120418\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The FWPD is trying to identify a homicide victim who was found July 19, 2025, in the 1800 block of River Run Trail.<br \/>The victim, who was pronounced deceased at the scene, is described as a Black male, approximately 15 to 20 years old, 5&#8217;11&#8221; tall, weighing around 123 pounds, with a chipped front tooth.<br \/>We are asking anyone who may have information related to this incident or the identity of the victim to contact the Fort Wayne Police Department Homicide Division at (260) 427-1201 or Crime Stoppers at (260) 436-STOP (7867), or the P3 app.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The identity of the homicide victim in the 1800 block of River Run Trail remains unknown at this time and the FWPD is seeking the public help.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_120419\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-120419\" style=\"width: 387px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/20250721-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"387\" height=\"450\" class=\"size-full wp-image-120419\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/20250721-2.jpg 387w, https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/20250721-2-258x300.jpg 258w, https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/20250721-2-150x174.jpg 150w, https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/20250721-2-300x349.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/20250721-2-361x420.jpg 361w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 387px) 100vw, 387px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-120419\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The FWPD is trying to identify a homicide victim who was found July 19, 2025, in the 1800 block of River Run Trail.<br \/>The victim, who was pronounced deceased at the scene, is described as a Black male, approximately 15 to 20 years old, 5&#8217;11&#8221; tall, weighing around 123 pounds, with a chipped front tooth.<br \/>We are asking anyone who may have information related to this incident or the identity of the victim to contact the Fort Wayne Police Department Homicide Division at (260) 427-1201 or Crime Stoppers at (260) 436-STOP (7867), or the P3 app.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>From the Fort Wayne Police Department:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>On Saturday, July 19, 2025, at approximately 3:03 a.m., officers with the Fort Wayne Police Department responded to a report of a shooting at 1800 River Run Trail, Fort Wayne, Indiana.<\/p>\n<p>Upon arrival, officers located a male victim suffering from apparent gunshot wound(s). The victim, who was pronounced deceased at the scene, is described as a Black male, approximately 15 to 20 years old, 5&#8217;11&#8221; tall, weighing around 123 pounds, with a chipped front tooth.<\/p>\n<p>The identity of the victim remains unknown at this time. 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We are asking anyone who may have information related to this incident or the identity of the victim to contact the Fort Wayne Police Department Homicide Division at (260) 427-1201 or Crime Stoppers at (260) 436-STOP (7867), or the P3 app."},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/2025\/07\/21\/fwpd-police-seek-to-identify-river-run-trail-homicide-victim\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"FWPD: Police seek to identify River Run Trail homicide victim"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/","name":"AroundFortWayne","description":"News AroundFortWayne Indiana.","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/#organization","name":"AroundFortWayne","url":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/AFW_logo_400.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/AFW_logo_400.jpg","width":400,"height":400,"caption":"AroundFortWayne"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AroundFortWayne","https:\/\/x.com\/TheAFWBlog","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/aroundfortwayne\/","https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/aroundfortwayne\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCCL2Biqou6j8uZ-TSxPa6aQ"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/60a1c82ca1de84bb660471939e6393b2","name":"67slparker","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0249a34fbb7d86a3c14c6ed43adaf57e3dd6443bb0428d4ed5fc62860779bc3b?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0249a34fbb7d86a3c14c6ed43adaf57e3dd6443bb0428d4ed5fc62860779bc3b?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"67slparker"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/wptest"],"url":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/author\/67slparker\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120417","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=120417"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120417\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/120418"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=120417"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=120417"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=120417"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}