On the evening of Friday, March 29, 2019, tragedy struck in the 200 block of Riverside Drive in Huntington, Indiana. Emergency responders and the Huntington Police Department were dispatched to a mobile home around 5:10 p.m. following reports of a shooting. Upon their arrival, they discovered 18-year-old Brandon Lee Olivares suffering from a single gunshot wound to the chest. Despite the immediate life-saving efforts performed by the first responders, they were unable to revive him, and he passed away from his injuries.
The Huntington County Coroner subsequently ruled the death a homicide following an autopsy. Investigators determined that several other individuals were inside the residence at the time the shooting occurred. Police identified and interviewed everyone present at the scene to piece together the events that led to the fatal gunshot. Brandon was a junior at Huntington North High School and was well-known in the community for his long-standing involvement in local baseball, having played at Homier Ballpark for a decade.
As of the available public reports, the investigation into the death of Brandon Lee Olivares has not resulted in any publicly announced charges or arrests. While detectives conducted interviews with those at the scene and the case was actively investigated as a homicide, no specific suspects have been named by authorities in the years following the incident. The case remains open, with police having released no further details regarding a motive or potential perpetrators.
