Teen Charged After Shots Fired Into Griffith Home
A 17-year-old Gary resident has been formally charged in Lake County after police say he fired shots into a Griffith residence while people were inside.
According to court documents, officers were dispatched on September 11, 2025, to the 3600 block of Colfax Street for reports of shots fired from a white convertible. Witnesses reported that the vehicle passed the residence twice, each time with gunfire directed at the home.
Investigators documented four bullet strikes on the house, including two rounds that pierced a living room window. A woman and a 15-year-old boy were inside the residence at the time but were not injured. Police recovered seven spent 9mm shell casings in the street.
Witnesses described the suspects as two young males in a white BMW convertible. One witness said a male in the backseat knelt and fired a gun toward the home, while another reported seeing a suspect get out of the vehicle, pull up a mask and hood, and shoot from the driveway before fleeing.
Using license plate recognition and surveillance video, detectives identified the car as a BMW 650i registered to the teen’s family. The vehicle was later found parked at Calumet New Tech High School in Calumet Township. School staff and the school resource officer confirmed the driver was a student at the school. The teen and his younger brother were taken into custody at the school.
A search of the BMW turned up live and spent 9mm rounds consistent with those recovered at the scene, along with firearm parts and a 3D-printed “switch” used to convert a semi-automatic firearm into a fully automatic weapon.
Charge filed September 13, 2025:
• Criminal Recklessness (Level 5 Felony): Shooting a firearm into an occupied vehicle or inhabited dwelling
* Suspect name withheld due to being a minor.
