Martin's shootings

Before trading fire with the shooter and being hit with a bullet, Corporal Paul Vandenburg had been urging two bystanders who were capturing video with their phones to run away.

Annie Rocha's mother told investigators that her daughter had told her that a man had been harassing her at the store but she did not tell co-workers or Martin's management, and prosecutors don't know whether it was Sanchez.

Annasue "Annie" Rocha, 19, was killed Jan. 27 while working as a cashier at the Elkhart Jackson Boulevard Martin's Supermarkets store.

Prosecutor Vicki Becker said people shouldn't live in fear but they need to be aware of their surroundings. She praised a customer for noticing something didn't seem right.

A crowd of mostly police officers from area departments greeted the officers with applause Thursday as they walked out of Memorial Hospital in South Bend.

The local chain reached a deal with the city of Elkhart and a developer to build the store before selling out to Grand Rapids-based SpartanNash in 2018.

The newly renamed Community Crisis Fund aims to help more than just the two people killed. It will take a broader scope to include others, like witnesses to the shootings.