Overview
- Police say officers responded to reports of an armed security guard acting unusually at the Metro station on 4th Avenue and Broadway and exchanged gunfire with 67-year-old Kenneth Williams, who died at the scene.
- Indiana State Police reported that nine officers fired their weapons during the incident, six from the Gary Police Department and three from the Lake County Sheriff’s Office.
- All nine officers have been placed on administrative leave and the Indiana State Police are leading the criminal investigation, with no forensic results or body‑camera footage publicly released yet.
- Williams’s family has made public pleas for information and accountability, saying he left for work and did not return and asking officials to explain why he was shot.
- Next steps likely include ballistic and evidence testing and reviews of body‑camera recordings and policy compliance, and the case could prompt local calls for transparency as the probe continues.