Fort Wayne shooting: 17-year-old killed, 10 injured at high school party
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WISH) — A 17-year-old boy died and 10 people were shot after gunfire rang out at a “high school age party” in Fort Wayne late Saturday night.
The Allen County Coroner’s Office identified him on Monday as Wiillie Venzell Ivy III, of Fort Wayne. The cause of death was determined to be a gunshot wound, and the manner of death was homicide.
Fort Wayne Police Department said the shooting happened just before 10:30 p.m. Saturday.
Police were dispatched to the 4900 block of Manistee Drive after multiple 911 calls reported shots being fired in the area with people fleeing in every direction. Manistee Drive is in a suburban neighborhood on Fort Wayne’s northeast side.
Officers arriving to the scene described it as “chaotic.” Around the time they got there, police say the injured victims started arriving at nearby hospitals.
Investigators learned from witnesses that several people were attending a “high school age party” when shots rang out. Multiple partiers were hit and one victim died at the scene. Police haven’t shared the names or ages of any of the victims.
As of early Sunday morning, 11 people were confirmed shot, including the person killed. The 10 other victims sustained nonlife-threatening injuries, according to police.
They have not said how many suspects may have been involved.
Anyone with information on the shooting was asked to contact the Fort Wayne Police Department at 260-427-1201 or Crime Stoppers at 260-436-7867.
News 8’s Gregg Montgomery contributed to this report.