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Ontario Brown

Case from Elkhart, IN dated Dec 19, 2014

Victim Details

Ontario Brown Jr

Male

Black / African American

Elkhart

IN

2014-12-19

16

Ontario

Brown

07/17/2026

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On a December evening in Elkhart, Indiana, a dispute that began as a fistfight tragically escalated, ending the life of 16-year-old Ontario Brown Jr. The male teenager was on Wagner Avenue on December 19, 2014, when he was shot in the head. Police were called to the 300 block of the street near the Washington Gardens apartments around 7:35 p.m. and found Brown with a single, devastating gunshot wound. He was rushed to the hospital and placed on life support but succumbed to his injuries the foll ...
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  • South Bend Tribune: Elkhart boy, 16, dies after Friday shooting
  • South Bend Tribune: Washington Gardens shooting
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