(UPDATE: October 24, 2025):
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) – The Allen County Coroner’s Office has ruled the shooting death of a 17-year-old on Wednesday evening was a homicide. He was identified as Nyree Jones and was found unresponsive in a home in the 35-hundred block of Lafayette Street in Fort Wayne just after 5:30 p.m. Jones was pronounced dead at a hospital. No details on a suspect have been released by police.
The Allen County Coroner’s Office released the following:
The Allen County Coroner’s Office has identified and made notifications to the next of kin of the deceased individual that was found shot in the 3500 Block of South Lafayette Street, Fort Wayne, Allen County, Indiana, at about 17:38 hours, Wednesday, October 22, 2025. He has been positively identified as Nyree K. Jones male, Black, age 17, of Fort Wayne, Indiana. The Fort Wayne Police Department responded to a shooting in the area and found Nyree K. Jones unresponsive. He was transported to a local hospital and later was pronounced deceased.
Nyree K. Jones’ Cause of Death is Gunshot Wound, and the Manner of Death is Homicide. Nyree K. Jones is the 32nd Homicide for Fort Wayne and Allen County in 2025.
The incident remains under investigation by the Fort Wayne Police Department, the Allen County Prosecutor’s Office and the Allen County Coroner’s Office.
ORIGINAL STORY:
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) – The Fort Wayne Police Department (FWPD) says that one man died at a Fort Wayne hospital after police found him with gunshot wounds Wednesday evening.
The shooting happened at a home in the 3500 block of S. Lafayette Street around 5:40 p.m. Police are still investigating and have not announced any arrests. Homicide detectives are handling the case and say there is no threat to the public.
The FWPD released the following:
The Fort Wayne Police Department responded to a report of a person shoot in the 3500 S. Lafayette St. on Wednesday, October 22, 2025, just before 5:45 pm. Officers located a male inside a home suffering from a gunshot wound. The male was transported to a local trauma hospital by ambulance. The male succumbed to his injury and was pronounced deceased at approximately 6:30 pm.
Detectives are interviewing witnesses and searching the area for evidence including camera footage. Anyone with information or video is asked to call the Fort Wayne Police Department at 260-427-1222, Crime Stoppers at 260-436-7867, or use the anonymous P3 Tips App.
There is not current threat to the public. The 3500 block S. Lafayette St. will be reduced down to a single lane of traffic until approximately 10:30 pm.
This incident is being investigated by the FWPD Homicide Team, Crime Scene, and the Allen County Prosecutor’s Office.
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