CORONER: 19-year-old Fort Wayne man identified as victim in weekend shooting
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WPTA) - The Allen County Coroner’s Office has identified the man who was killed in a shooting south of downtown Fort Wayne early on Sunday morning.
Police said the shooting happened just before 2 a.m. along Huestis Avenue, near Broadway.
There, responding officers found one person who had been shot. They were taken to an area hospital where they later died.
On Monday, the coroner’s office identified the victim as 19-year-old Amilcar Fernando Donis Pineda of Fort Wayne.
His manner of death was ruled a homicide, marking the 29th in Allen County so far this year.
The shooting remains under investigation by FWPD and the Allen County Prosecutor’s Office.
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