Police-action shooting

Allen County Prosecutor Michael McAlexander found that officers with both the New Haven and Fort Wayne police departments were justified in using deadly force to protect the public.

The Fort Wayne Police officer has been on the department since 2018. The shooting of the 58-year-old unhoused man in response to a burglary call remains under investigation.

Samuel Sterling Caston was Allen County's 32nd homicide for 2024

The shooting on the city's southeast side is the sixth police-action shooting since the beginning of June.

Fifty-eight year old John Edward McCloud was shot to death in the 1500 block of Wells Street when police responded to a burglary call. It was the fifth police-action shooting since the beginning of June.

Two days after an investigation into an officer-involved shooting prompted PFW to close, the Allen County Coroner identified the person killed in that shooting.

Some feel police are using deadly force too quickly, and want city officials to reevaluate procedures.

A day after Fort Wayne Mayor Sharon Tucker announced she would release the bodycam video, FWPD released the footage.

Mayor Sharon Tucker says it will be shown to the family of 22-year-old Linzell Parhm before it shown to the public.

Linzell Pahrm was shot to death near the intersection of John and Hurd streets. He was a part-time program director at the Euell A. Wilson Center.