For Immediate Release

Date: June 26, 2025

Location: Smith St./Hamilton Ave.

Time: 12:08 pm

All information is preliminary and subject to change during the course of the investigation

Details/Summary:

Two victims are deceased after a fatal shooting today at the 1000 block of Hamilton Ave. just after 12pm.  The Fort Wayne Police Department responded to the shooting and located an adult male and an adult female, both suffering from apparent gunshot wound(s) who succumbed to their injuries at the scene after attempted medical care.

Preliminary information indicates that the shooting stemmed from a previous altercation at a local beauty parlor.  The disturbance resurfaced on the 1000 block of Hamilton when a male and female were seen leaving a residence.  The female got into a car and began to drive away when the male began shooting at her.  The car crashed into a home about a block away with the female suffering fatal gunshot wounds.  The male who shot the female, was fatally shot by another unknown subject.   The FWPD are making concerted attempts to locate this subject. 

This incident remains under investigation by the Fort Wayne Police Department, the Allen County Prosecutor’s Office, and the Coroner’s Office.  Anyone with information regarding this incident is asked to please call the FWPD at 260-427-1201, Crimes Stoppers at 260-436-7867, or use the P3 Tips app.