(Michigan City, IN) - It appears a fatal shooting in broad daylight that occurred this week in Michigan City was over a woman.

 

Gavin Mohamed, 26, of Michigan City was charged in La Porte Superior Court 1 with Murder after having allegedly shot Dylan Andersen, 27, outside the Advance Auto Parts on U.S. 20 near U.S. 421 at about 1 p.m. on Monday.

 

According to court documents, the victim used to be in a relationship with the suspect’s wife. Recently, she and the victim had been texting each other and the suspect, who married her just two months ago, told Andersen to stop texting his wife.

 

The investigation allegedly shows that Mohamed and Andersen spent the night texting each other and that at one point, the suspect went to several locations looking for his wife. Her vehicle was not spotted at any of the sites the suspect went to, with one of them being the La Porte home of the victim.

 

The next day, police said, the two men happened to see each other while traveling and at least one of them took part in what seemed to be a taste of road rage.

 

The suspect’s wife was outside the auto parts store changing a bulb in her taillight when the victim and suspect pulled into the parking lot. There, according to court documents, the victim was on foot approaching the suspect in his vehicle when he was ultimately shot in the chest.

 

Mohamed then fled to Washington Park where he was taken into custody. He is currently being held in the La Porte County Jail on one million dollars bond.