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Latest Gun Violence is Lakefront Shooting

(Michigan City, IN) - Another shooting has occurred in Michigan City, with the latest incident ocurring Tuesday around 7 p.m. at the lakefront.

 

According to police, officers were dispatched to the main parking lot at Washington Park on a report of an individual just being shot in the leg. A vehicle occupied by the victim was heading to Franciscan Health, the hospital just outside the Michigan City corporate boundaries.  Some of the officers secured the crime scene while other responding officers located the vehicle and escorted it to the hospital.

 

Wilton Coleman, Jr., 23, was treated for a gunshot wound described as “non-life threatening." Statements from witnesses and other evidence were collected and no arrests were immediately made, though authorities also noted the shooting was not a random act.

 

Anyone with information is asked to contact Michigan City Police and requests can be made to remain anonymous.

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