Byron Keith Curry Obituary, Death – The 11th homicide victim in Allen County for the year 2024 has been identified as a 48-year-old man from Fort Wayne. Byron Keith Curry was found shot and killed on Hugh Street in the East Central neighborhood on Thursday at approximately 4:20 p.m. The Fort Wayne Police Department confirmed that there is no suspect in custody at this time.
Curry’s death has been officially classified as a homicide, marking the 11th such case in Allen County this year.
Fort Wayne has experienced a series of violent incidents this week. Earlier on Thursday, a woman was shot by FWPD officers after she fired a gun at them during a confrontation with tree service workers. On Tuesday, Donald Charles Warren III, aged 52, was fatally shot at the Economy Inn on W Coliseum Blvd.
Additionally, on Sunday evening, David Lee Norris, aged 64, was also shot and killed on the southeast side of the city.