Julian Keith Flowers, 24, was killed in a predawn shooting on August 6, 2025, at the Willow Creek Crossing Apartments in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Officers found Flowers, a Black/African American male, around 1:58 a.m. in the 7200 block of Lakeridge Drive; he was transported to a local hospital and pronounced dead. The Allen County Coroner ruled the death a homicide from a gunshot wound to the torso, recorded as the 27th homicide in Fort Wayne and Allen County for the year.

Within hours, authorities identified and arrested 25-year-old Alaye Stephon Hanson on a preliminary murder charge. Court documents mention a possible connection to a domestic situation, noting Hanson was dating the mother of Flowers’ child, but law enforcement has not released an official motive. The Fort Wayne Police Homicide Unit, the prosecutor’s office, and the coroner’s office are handling the investigation.

Did anyone in the Willow Creek Crossing Apartments area see or hear anything useful that night?