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Meredith Colias-Pete is reporter for the Post-Tribune.

ZsaKenya Mathews testified Tuesday she heard rapid-fire gunfire, then ran down to find her son Daqwuan Walker, 23, shot outside the front door “more than ten times.”

Gary mom testifies she heard shots outside before finding dying son

June 12, 2024 at 11:56 a.m.

ZsaKenya Mathews testified Tuesday she heard rapid-fire gunfire, then ran down to find her son Daqwuan Walker, 23, shot outside the front door “more than ten times.”

Gary Police Sgt. Angel Lozano testified Tuesday that Spencer Patterson shot his K-9 police dog Falco before shooting at him. Patterson was 6 feet away and the shots missed the officer.

Gary cop testifies he was 6 feet away when suspect who killed his police dog shot at him

June 12, 2024 at 3:43 p.m.

Gary Police Sgt. Angel Lozano testified Tuesday that Spencer Patterson shot his K-9 police dog Falco before shooting at him. Patterson was 6 feet away and the shots missed the...

A Gary man will spend the rest of his life behind bars after he was sentenced Tuesday to 169 years for molesting two young preteen girls.

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‘I feel like you stole my childhood’: Gary man sentenced to 169 years for child molesting

June 11, 2024 at 4:25 p.m.

A Gary man will spend the rest of his life behind bars after he was sentenced Tuesday to 169 years for molesting two young preteen girls.

Virgil "Reese" King, 24, is charged with murder, unlawful possession of a firearm by a serious violent felon, and two counts of unlawful carrying of a handgun, according to court records. He has pleaded not guilty.

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Man facing murder trial in Gary slaying

June 10, 2024 at 4:38 p.m.

Virgil "Reese" King, 24, is charged with murder, unlawful possession of a firearm by a serious violent felon, and two counts of unlawful carrying of a handgun, according to court...

Jury selection started Monday for a Gary man charged with killing a police dog, then shooting at a cop while trying to evade arrest.

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Trial opens for Gary man charged with killing police dog, shooting at cop

June 10, 2024 at 2:38 p.m.

Jury selection started Monday for a Gary man charged with killing a police dog, then shooting at a cop while trying to evade arrest.

A Gary man got 20 years Monday for choking his child’s mother in July 2019, slamming her on a bed, then pointing a gun at her.

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Gary man gets 20 years choking, pointing gun at woman; facing trial for later killing her

June 10, 2024 at 2:03 p.m.

A Gary man got 20 years Monday for choking his child’s mother in July 2019, slamming her on a bed, then pointing a gun at her.

A 23-year-old Dolton, Illinois, man faces felony charges after stabbing his mom’s boyfriend last week in East Chicago, court documents allege.

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Dolton man charged after stabbing mom’s boyfriend in EC, charges allege

June 10, 2024 at 3:34 p.m.

A 23-year-old Dolton, Illinois, man faces felony charges after stabbing his mom’s boyfriend last week in East Chicago, court documents allege.

A jury convicted a Gary man late Friday on all counts in the murder of his former girlfriend in 2019, court records show.

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Gary man convicted in former girlfriend’s ‘19 murder

June 8, 2024 at 11:28 a.m.

A jury convicted a Gary man late Friday on all counts in the murder of his former girlfriend in 2019, court records show.

A Chicago man was charged last month in a teen’s death in Whiting, court records show.

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Man charged in 14-year-old Chicago teen’s murder in Whiting

June 8, 2024 at 10:11 a.m.

A Chicago man was charged last month in a teen’s death in Whiting, court records show.

A 33-year-old man was gunned down within two hours of a crash in Gary, court records show.

Man, 33, shot dead in Gary after crash: records

June 10, 2024 at 12:01 p.m.

A 33-year-old man was gunned down within two hours of a crash in Gary, court records show.

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