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In the early morning hours of August 15, 2024, the lives of two individuals were tragically cut short in the parking lot of the Normandy Village Apartments in Michigan City, Indiana. Travis Tremayne Pennington, a 35-year-old male, and a 22-year-old woman, Kiara Hootman, were discovered inside a vehicle, both having sustained multiple gunshot wounds. The LaPorte County Coroner later confirmed that the shots had been fired from outside the car and ruled the deaths a homicide. Pennington had suffer ...Read More

Victim Details

Travis Pennington

Male

Black / African American

Michigan-city

IN

2024-08-15

35

Travis

Pennington

Yes

04/24/2026