The school district confirmed the young man was also a member of Merrillville's football team.
– A Merrillville High School senior and football player was shot and killed last week in south suburban Homewood.
Around 8:35 p.m. on Friday, Homewood police responded to a report of shots fired in the 17500 block of Halsted. Officers found a male victim with gunshot wounds in the parking lot near a Buffalo Wild Wings restaurant, police said.A second gunshot wound victim drove himself to a Gary, Indiana hospital where he was treated and released, police said.
Nick Brown, the superintendent of Merrillville Community School Corporation, confirmed in an email that Johnathan Brown was a student in the district. "He was a valued member of our football team and a wonderful young man," the superintendent said."It is a very sad day for the Merrillville community. Our thoughts and prayers are with Jonathon's family and friends."
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