(Michigan City, IN) - Detectives are investigating a shooting that happened just after 2:30 a.m. Sunday morning in Michigan City. Authorities responded to 110 Franklin St. outside Matey’s Bar and Restaurant, where a person had been struck in the chest by gunfire.
Multiple units from Uniform Patrol Shift III responded to the scene, assisted by members of the La Porte County Sheriff’s Department, Long Beach Police Department and Trail Creek Police Department.
An initial investigation revealed that fighting had broken out inside and outside the bar. One of the individuals involved was Dante Sellers (25) of La Porte. Police say Sellers was shot while walking across the street to his car.
Officers performed lifesaving measured at the scene. Sellers was transported to Franciscan Hospital, then to the University of Chicago Hospital for advanced care.
No other details have been released to protect the integrity of the investigation, police say, but they stress that this was an isolated incident and not a random act of violence.
Police continue to investigate. Anyone with information about this incident is encouraged to contact Det./Sgt. Lendell Hood of the Investigative Division at (219) 874-3221 Ext. 1074 or by email at lhood@emichigancity.com. Information can also be conveyed via Facebook Messenger, through MCPD’s crime tip hotline number of 219-873-1488, or via the WeTip Hotline for General Crime (800) 78-CRIME. All WeTip call information is sent anonymously to the La Porte County Prosecutor’s Office.
