(Michigan City, IN) - Charges have been filed in connection with a shooting last month in Michigan City. 43-year-old Samuel Gross allegedly shot a man on February 4 in the 400 block of West William Street on the city’s north side.
According to court documents, he called the victim outside and shot him in the upper leg, then fled in a vehicle. Gross and the victim know each other well enough to call each other cousins, police said.
The investigation indicates Gross may have been jealous of his girlfriend possibly being inside the same home as the victim.
Gross is charged with Battery with a Deadly Weapon and Criminal Recklessness. According to court documents, the bullet went completely through the thigh of the man who was taken to Franciscan Health.
