GARY, IN — Authorities have identified Antwan Tyler Levell Williams, 27, of Lafayette, Indiana, as the victim of a fatal shooting that occurred early Saturday morning, July 26, 2025, in Gary.
According to the Lake County Coroner’s Office, the Coroner and Medicolegal Death Investigation team were dispatched to the 400 block of East 21st Place at approximately 7:45 a.m. Williams was pronounced dead at the scene at 8:12 a.m.
Preliminary findings list the cause of death as gunshot wound(s), and the case has been officially ruled a homicide. A forensic autopsy is scheduled to take place Monday, July 28, at the Lake County Forensic Center in Crown Point.
The Gary Police Department and the Lake County Prosecutor’s Homicide Task Force are actively investigating the incident. No further details, including possible suspects or motive, have been released at this time.
Anyone with information about the shooting is urged to contact investigators as the search for justice continues in the wake of this senseless act of violence.
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