{"id":35806,"date":"2013-04-07T10:00:35","date_gmt":"2013-04-07T14:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/?p=35806"},"modified":"2013-04-07T10:00:35","modified_gmt":"2013-04-07T14:00:35","slug":"fwpd-homicide-investigation-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/2013\/04\/07\/fwpd-homicide-investigation-update\/","title":{"rendered":"FWPD: Homicide Investigation Update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-34849\" alt=\"FWPD logo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2013\/02\/FWPD-176x200.jpg\" width=\"176\" height=\"200\" \/><\/p>\n<p>News release from the Fort Wayne Police Department:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>FWPD: Homicide Investigation Update<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>Incident Date\/Time<\/strong>: April 3, 2013 \/ 12:32<\/p>\n<p><strong>Incident Location<\/strong>: 900 Hugh Street<\/p>\n<p><strong>Victim<\/strong>: Elijah O. Freeman, age 17, Fort Wayne<\/p>\n<p>(April 6, 2013) &#8211; An arrest has been made in connection with the shooting death of Elijah O. Freeman.  Late yesterday evening, officers with the Fort Wayne Police Department&#8217;s Gang Unit located Deadrian C. Boykins, age 18, of Fort Wayne, and took him into custody without incident.  He was transported to the Allen County Jail on a preliminary charge of Aggravated Battery.<\/p>\n<p>This incident remains under investigation with the City of Fort Wayne Police Department, the Allen County Prosecutor&#8217;s Office, and the Allen County Coroner&#8217;s Office.  There is nothing further at this time.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h3>Related Images:<\/h3><div class=\"ngg-related-gallery\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/blog-headers\/2009_05_09_header.jpg\"\n\t\t\ttitle=\"The Police Memorial Service.\"\n\t\t\tclass='thickbox' rel='7a33cb933ee545b9b649f9728cd3e86c' data-image-id=\"1754\" data-src=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/blog-headers\/2009_05_09_header.jpg\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/blog-headers\/thumbs\/thumbs_2009_05_09_header.jpg\" data-title=\"2009\/05\/09 - Police Memorial Service\" data-description=\"The Police Memorial Service.\">\n\t\t\t<img title=\"2009\/05\/09 - Police Memorial Service\"\n\t\t\t\talt=\"2009\/05\/09 - Police Memorial Service\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-image-id=\"1754\"\n\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/blog-headers\/thumbs\/thumbs_2009_05_09_header.jpg\"\/>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/20090525\/90294.jpg\"\n\t\t\ttitle=\"The Fort Wayne Police Department Honor Guard in the 2009 Parnell Avenue Memorial Day Parade on May 25, 2009.\"\n\t\t\tclass='thickbox' rel='7a33cb933ee545b9b649f9728cd3e86c' data-image-id=\"2028\" data-src=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/20090525\/90294.jpg\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/20090525\/thumbs\/thumbs_90294.jpg\" data-title=\"Fort Wayne Police Department Honor Guard\" data-description=\"The Fort Wayne Police Department Honor Guard in the 2009 Parnell Avenue Memorial Day Parade on May 25, 2009.\">\n\t\t\t<img title=\"Fort Wayne Police Department Honor Guard\"\n\t\t\t\talt=\"Fort Wayne Police Department Honor Guard\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-image-id=\"2028\"\n\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/20090525\/thumbs\/thumbs_90294.jpg\"\/>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/2006-trf\/13641.jpg\"\n\t\t\ttitle=\"Fort Wayne Police Department cars and motorcycles along with Allen County Sheriff&#039;s motorcycles lined up on Superior Street after the 2006 Three Rivers Festival Parade.  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