MONDAY, JUNE 15, 2015

AN AUTOPSY WAS PERFORMED YESTERDAY AFTERNOON AT THE NORTHEAST INDIANA FORENSIC CENTER ON THE BODY OF A WHITE MALE WHO WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE ON SATURDAY NIGHT AT 10:17 P. M. AT HIS RESIDENCE IN THE 2500 BLOCK OF ST. MARYS AVENUE IN FORT WAYNE. THE DECEDENT IS IDENTIFIED AS ANTHONY W. HODGE, AGE 46. PRELIMINARY AUTOPSY FINDINGS ARE:

CAUSE OF DEATH: GUNSHOT WOUND(S)

MANNER OF DEATH: HOMICIDE (POLICE ACTION SHOOTING)

THE INVESTIGATION IS BEING CONTINUED BY THE FORT WAYNE POLICE DEPARTMENT, THE INDIANA STATE POLICE, THE ALLEN COUNTY CORONER’S OFFICE, AND THE ALLEN COUNTY PROSECUTOR’S OFFICE. HODGE IS THE 13TH HOMICIDE RULING BY THE ALLEN COUNTY CORONER IN 2015.

PATT KITE
SENIOR INVESTIGATOR/DEPUTY CORONER
ALLEN COUNTY CORONER’S OFFICE