Fort Wayne shooting marks Allen County's 29th homicide this year

A 19-year-old Fort Wayne man, Amilcar Fernando Donis Pineda, was identified as the victim of a fatal shooting early Sunday on Huestis Avenue near downtown. Officers found him wounded around 1:53 a.m. and he later died at a hospital; the coroner ruled his death a homicide, the 29th in Allen County this year. Fort Wayne police and the Allen County Prosecutor’s Office are investigating, and authorities have asked anyone with information to contact police or Crime Stoppers. Separately, a man was critically injured in a Sunday afternoon shooting in Decatur, Illinois; police have not announced whether they identified any suspects.



