An Indianapolis man is dead and a person of interest is in custody after a man died from a gunshot wound Tuesday night, police said.
Corey Brazelton, 18, of Indianapolis, was pronounced dead at Methodist Hosptials Northlake in Gary around 8:10 p.m. Tuesday after his aunt called the Gary Police for help, police said.
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Gary Police spokesman Lt. Thomas Pawlak said that when officers arrived at the home in the 2500 block of Tyler Street, the woman said Brazelton and her son were playing with a gun when it went off.
Brazelton was shot once in the chest, Pawlak said.
Pawlak said the woman said her son took Brazelton to Methodist for treatment, where he was pronounced dead shortly thereafter, according to the Lake County Coroner’s office release.
The incident is being investigated by Sgt. Jeremy Ogden of the Lake/Gary Metro Homicide Unit. Anyone with information is asked Ogden at 219-755-3852 or the Crime Tip hot line at 866-CRIME-GP.
Tuesday’s incident gives Gary its 11th homicide for the year, Pawlak said. Of those, three have resulted in charges, three were domestic incidents; one has charges pending and one was declared justified, he said.
Michelle L. Quinn is a freelance reporter for the Post-Tribune.