CHICAGO (WBBM NEWSRADIO) -- A man was accidentally shot to death shortly after midnight on New Year's Day in northwest Indiana, according to authorities.
Kevonte Alfred, 22, was fatally shot in the 700 block of Kentucky Street in Gary, according to Lake County Coroner Merrilee D. Frey.
Alfred, who lived in Gary, was taken to Methodist Northlake Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 12:17 a.m., Frey said. His death was ruled a homicide.
A Gary police spokesman said Tuesday that the shooting was accidental. Additional details were not immediately released.
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