An autopsy performed by the Lake County Coroner's Office Wednesday confirmed Hilson died of at least one gunshot wound. His death was ruled a homicide.

A jury acquitted an East Chicago man Thursday in a couple’s 2021 murder. Gary Shanklin, 23, was charged in the Oct. 13, 2021 deaths of Nalisha D. Martin, 43, of Hammond, and Christopher Burks, 52, of ...