Incident

8-06-2015 Indiana Gary 2-1

Location

August 06, 2015

Incident Address
Gary, Indiana

Participants

  • Type: Victim
  • Name: James Powell
  • Age: 18
  • Age Group: Adult 18+
  • Gender: Male
  • Status: Killed
  • Type: Victim
  • Name: Raymond Washington-Whitehead
  • Age: 18
  • Age Group: Adult 18+
  • Gender: Male
  • Status: Killed
  • Type: Subject-Suspect
  • Name: Shelton T. Curtis
  • Age: 21
  • Age Group: Adult 18+
  • Gender: Male
  • Status: Unharmed, Arrested

Incident Characteristics

  • Shot - Dead (murder, accidental, or suicide)
  • Defensive Use
  • Defensive Use - Stand Your Ground/Castle Doctrine established
  • Shootout (where VENN diagram of shooters and victims overlap)
  • Drug involvement

Notes

1 man found dead inside, 1 found outside, after shootout; drug robbery; suspect charged; acquitted, in self-defense, 7/13/16; suspect found shot in idling car, 6/23/22;

Guns Involved

2 guns involved.

  • Type: Unknown
  • Type: Unknown

Sources

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District

Congressional District: 1
State Senate District: 3
State House District: 2