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Shooting victims ID'd; one remains ‘critical'

The Fort Wayne Police Department has identified the victims of Friday's shooting at East Sherwood Terrace and South Park Drive:

  • Dana L. Jones Jr., 24, remains hospitalized Monday in critical condition.
  • Derrick White, 52, was treated and released.
Police said no suspects have been identified and anyone with information is encouraged to call police at 427-1201 or Crime Stoppers anonymously at 260 436-7867.

Police for earlier stories said the two victims were driving a dark-colored Taurus north on South Park with a white Oldsmobile, made in the mid- to late-1980s, behind them about 3:30 p.m.

Both cars turned west onto Sherwood, with the Oldsmobile pulling up next to the Taurus. Police believe people in both cars knew one another, and that the cars stopped so the people inside could have a conversation, according to officer Scott Tegtmeyer, police spokesman.

At least one person, maybe more, in the Oldsmobile then began firing at the Taurus, Tegtmeyer said.

The shooting caused the Taurus to sideswipe a parked car along the street and then hit a tree in the front yard of a home in the 900 block of East Sherwood.

Police believe as many as four people might have been in the Oldsmobile, Tegtmeyer said.