Fort Wayne police said Monday they have no suspects in the weekend shooting death of a Fort Wayne man on the city’s southeast side.
Michael Lamont Causey, 20, was shot Sunday afternoon as the car he was driving approached a stop sign near Hanna and Senate streets.
An autopsy was performed Monday and Causey’s shooting death was ruled the city’s 19th homicide of 2009, according to the Allen County Coroner’s Office.
Witnesses told police a black pickup truck with dark-tinted windows drove alongside Causey’s car as he headed west on Senate at South Hanna Street shortly before 1 p.m. Causey’s family said he was driving to his sister’s home on Avondale Drive for a barbecue when he was shot.
Police spokesman officer Michael Joyner said detectives believe Causey exchanged words with the shooter just before gunshots rang out.
Joyner declined to comment on possible motives for the shooting. Causey’s family said they were cooperating with police, but had no idea what might have prompted the killing.
Causey, who once attended South Side High School, had planned on getting his GED and dreamed of joining the armed forces, said his mother, Linda Causey.
“He loved his family,” she said.
Causey, born and raised in Fort Wayne, is also survived by an older sister, Shaquana, 30; and younger sister, Ashley, 9.
“He took real good care of (Ashley). He was her little protector,” said his aunt, Paula Dickey.
In his spare time, Causey enjoyed playing video games and was an avid basketball and football fan. Causey also loved music, and his mother described him as a “well-liked person.”
Funeral arrangements are being prepared at Carmichael Funeral Services.
