On the afternoon of Christmas Eve, December 24, 2021, gunfire was reported near 10th and Wabash Streets in Michigan City, Indiana. Responding officers found 20-year-old London Lamonte Long of Michigan City lying on the sidewalk near West 11th Street and Wabash Street; emergency crews pronounced him dead at the scene after he suffered a fatal gunshot wound. Detectives from the Michigan City Police Department and the Indiana State Police processed evidence and interviewed witnesses as the investigation began.

Police announced two arrests in the weeks afterward. On January 7, 2022, 24-year-old Mark Anthony Wright Jr. was arrested and charged in LaPorte County Superior Court #1 with one count of murder and a misdemeanor count of carrying a handgun without a license; he was ordered held on cash bond. On February 14, 2022, 17-year-old Shamar Rashead Williams was taken into custody, waived to adult court, and charged with murder and a Level 1 felony count of attempted murder; he was held on a $1 million cash bond. Anyone with information about the case or who knew London is asked to come forward.