Wayne Rushing

On a summer evening in Hammond, Indiana, a gathering turned tragic, forever altering the lives of several families. Twenty-year-old Wayne Rushing Jr. was at a residence in the 1200 block of 170th Street on June 18, 2015, when violence erupted. In a sudden and brutal act, Rushing was shot in the left temple and died at the scene. The gunfire did not end with him; two other men, Derrick Wells and Rayvon Sanders, were also struck. Wells was shot seven times, resulting in paralysis and blindness, wh ...