On June 14, 2025, approximately 10:19p.m., Howard County Dispatch received a report of a shooting in progress in the area of Studebaker Park. The area was crowded with people due to an annual motorcycle event
Kokomo Police, State Police, and Howard County Sheriff’s Deputies swiftly arrived on scene and located a 17-year-old male suffering from a single gun shot wound. Law Enforcement officers attempted to provide lifesaving measures and requested immediate medical assistance. The 17-year-old was transported to St. Vincent Hospital in Kokomo where he succumbed to his injuries.
A female victim was also located with a superficial wound, but refused medical treatment and was released.
Kokomo Police Investigators recovered multiple spent and live casings in the vicinity of the shooting.
An autopsy is scheduled for Monday, June, 16, 2025, by a forensic pathologist at the Howard County Coroner’s Office. More information will be provided following the autopsy by the Kokomo Police Department and the Howard County Coroner’s office.
Investigators are requesting the public’s help and ask anyone with information regarding the shooting can remain anonymous. You can share tips, surveillance video, or cellular video of the incident anonymously using our tip411 App. You can download the “Kokomo PD” mobile app from iOS or Google Play stores. You can also text a tip to KPD by texting TIPKPD, then a space, and then your tip, and sent it to 847411.
You can also contact the Kokomo Police Department hotline at (765) 456-7017.
All suspects are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.