A LaPorte man has been formally charged for a deadly shooting that happened over two years ago in Michigan City.
It happened Jan. 23, 2021 at Crown Food Mart on E. Michigan Boulevard. Police found a 31-year-old woman with multiple gunshot wounds. She was taken to the hospital to be treated for injuries that were not life-threatening. After that, police were called to the 100 block of Edward Street where they found 27 year old Demetrius Howell of Michigan City dead from a gunshot wound. Investigators later learned that both victims were together on Edward Street when the shooting took place.
Charges were formally filed today against 41-year-old Lamar Friend of LaPorte. Friend was already in the LaPorte County Jail when murder and attempted murder charges were filed.