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Dec
30
Deadly Motel Attack Shocks Region
Filed Under crime, Merrillville
A motel party always portends fun times, but an early Saturday morning get together turned deadly after a man fired his gun on people waiting for an elevator at Merrillville’s Country Inn & Suites after an argument, according to news reports.
A Gary man is dead and four other people — one woman and three men — were injured in the 1 a.m. gunfire.
Dead is 20-year-old John Boyd of Gary. He died at Methodist Hospital Southlake at 8:26 a.m. Saturday, according to the Post-Tribune and the Northwest Indiana Times.
Reports the Post-Tribune’s Piet Levy:
“I heard gunshots and people running around,” said Kenneth Stewart, who stayed at the hotel Friday night while visiting from Indianapolis. “It was horrific.”Stewart’s friend claimed he saw the shooting. While he was inside his room, No. 315, he said he heard arguing in the hallway. When he opened the door and looked out, he said he saw a man pull out a gun and fire six shots at a group of 10 to 12 people near the elevator.
“There was blood everywhere,” the man said, who ran from the hotel following the attack.
The Northwest Indiana Times reports that Merrillville police have identified a person of interest in the deadly attack, but hadn’t made an arrest as of Saturday afternoon.
