In the early hours of January 24, 2026, the city of Fort Wayne recorded its first homicide of the year with the death of 31-year-old Khiry Van Wilkens. Initially responding to what appeared to be a car crash near the intersection of Pemberton Drive and East State Boulevard, police officers discovered Wilkens unresponsive in his vehicle. It was soon determined that he had sustained a gunshot wound.
Emergency responders transported Wilkens to a local hospital, but he succumbed to his injuri
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