On the evening of August 11, 2020, Darius Mitchell, a 27-year-old Black man, was fatally shot at the Pinetree Court apartment complex in Michigan City, Indiana. The shooting, which occurred at the complex also known as Garden Estates West, was the city’s second homicide in just three days. At approximately 8:45 p.m., the La Porte County Regional Dispatch Center received a call reporting multiple gunshots in the 900 block of Southwind Drive.
When officers arrived, they found a large crowd of about 50 people gathered near building 13. They discovered Darius Mitchell lying motionless on the ground. An officer immediately began administering life-saving measures until Emergency Medical Services arrived on the scene. Despite these efforts, Mitchell was pronounced dead.
The Michigan City Police Department launched a homicide investigation.
Investigators received credible information that the shooting had been captured on cell phone videos and offered a $1,000 reward for any footage that led to an arrest. A collaborative effort between the Michigan City Police Department, the Fugitive Apprehension Team, and the United States Marshals' Great Lakes Regional Fugitive Task Force led them to a suspect who had fled the area.
On September 25, 2020, authorities located and arrested 19-year-old Demario Emmanuel Williams-Anderson near the IUPUI campus in Indianapolis. He was brought back to La Porte County on a warrant for murder and held at the La Porte County Jail on a $1 million bond.
In July 2021, Demario Williams-Anderson entered into a plea agreement. He pleaded guilty in La Porte Superior Court for the fatal shooting of Darius Mitchell.
