Gary Police Investigating Man Shot Taking Out Trash
On November 4, 2023 at approximately 7:56 AM, Gary Police officers were dispatched to the 1800 block of W. 5th Avenue for a gunshot victim, according to Gary Police.
Upon their arrival officers observed subjects in a doorway of an apartment building and when they approached them the officers found the victim laying on the stairs. The 32-year-old Gary man told police that while he was taking out the trash he heard several gun and realized that he been shot. Witnesses also told the officers that a silver vehicle with no back window may have been involved in the shooting.
A short time later Gary Police Cpl. D. Briggs observed a silver Hyundai with its rear driver’s side window down or missing. Cpl. Briggs stopped the vehicle a short distance from the scene of the shooting, in an alley in the 200 block of Cleveland after a brief low speed chase. Briggs described the car as having bullet holes in it and a shattered window. The driver of the vehicle, a 50-year-old Gary man was taken into custody and the Hyundai was towed.
This case is being investigated by Sgt. W. Fazekas if you have any information about this shooting please call (219) 881-1210.
