Incident

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1-11-2024 Indiana Lafayette 1-1

Location

January 11, 2024

2300 block of Drexel Dr
Lafayette, Indiana

Participants

Type: Victim
Name: Charles Rhode
Age: 39
Age Group: Adult 18+
Gender: Male
Status: Killed

Type: Subject-Suspect
Age Group: Adult 18+
Gender: Male
Status: Unharmed

Incident Characteristics

Shot - Dead (murder, accidental, or suicide)
Defensive Use
Domestic Violence

Notes

confrontation between roommates; police suspect self-defense; prosecutors to decide if DGU or not

Guns Involved

1 gun involved.

Type: Unknown

Sources

URL: https://fox59.com/news/indycrime/1-dead-after-reported-confrontation-leads-to-early-morning-shooting-in-lafayette/

URL: https://www.jconline.com/story/news/crime/2024/01/11/one-lafayette-roommate-dead-the-other-questioned-in-homicide/72187308007/

URL: https://news.yahoo.com/lafayette-roommate-shooting-might-self-202451464.html?fr=sycsrp_catchall

URL: https://www.jconline.com/story/news/crime/2024/01/12/lafayette-police-say-drexel-drive-shooting-possibly-self-defense/72195237007/

URL: https://www.tippecanoe.in.gov/DocumentCenter/View/44380/Charles-Rhode_Press-Release-_Preliminary-COD-and-MOD-1112024

District

Congressional District: 4
State Senate District: 22
State House District: 27