The South Bend Police are looking into a shooting that happened on Friday, April 24.

The shooting happened around 12:10 a.m. near the corner of Eddy Street and Lasalle Avenue. A police officer in the area heard shots fired, and later found a shell casing at the scene.

Later on a man walked into a hospital with a gunshot wound, which proved to be fatal. He’s been identified as Deundre Lamar Hawkins, 25.

There’s no word of any suspects or arrests in the shooting.

The St. Joseph County Metro Homicide Unit released the following information:

At approximately 12:12 a.m. this morning, April 24th, South Bend Police Department officers initiated a response to the area of LaSalle Ave and Eddy St. after hearing
gunshots in the area.

Officers did not locate any gunshot victims in the area but found evidence that gunfire occurred.

Shortly thereafter, officers checking at Memorial Hospital for potential gunshot victims discovered one victim arriving at the hospital for treatment.

The South Bend Police Department conducted the initial shooting investigation and the
victim was taken for treatment/surgery. The victim did not survive his injuries and was
pronounced deceased a couple of hours later.

A representative of the St. Joseph County Coroner Office was contacted and per protocol, the St. Joseph County Metro Homicide Unit was activated and is currently handling the investigation.

The victim has been identified as Deundre Lamar Hawkins, 25 years of age, and his
family has been notified. An autopsy is scheduled for Monday, April 27th, in Fort Wayne.

Once the examination is completed, results of the autopsy will be shared with
the media.

Several witnesses have been interviewed by CMHU Investigators. There is no suspect
information to release at this time, and no arrests have been made.

This is an active and on-going investigation. If anyone has information, they are encouraged to please contact County Metro Homicide at 235-5009 or Crime Stoppers at
288-STOP.