Robert DeClements, a 51-year-old White man, was in Hammond, Indiana, on Sunday, March 20, 2016, when violence erupted around him without warning. Just before 1 p.m., police found him inside a vehicle in the 1000 block of Becker Street with a gunshot wound to the head. Investigators described the moment as chaotic—an exchange of gunfire between other people—and said he was caught in the crossfire.
From that car on Becker Street, the incident stretched beyond city limits. He was rushed
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