Gary police launched a manhunt after the Wednesday killing of 79-year-old Cornelius Olive, who was shot while walking his dog near his residence in the 3200 block of West 21st Place.
Olive’s family members said they believe the shooter was on foot.
They said Olive was walking the family dog, a small Yorkie-Shih Tzu mix named Kenzo about 9 p.m. when he was shot just east of his home.Kimberly Olive drew a remembrance of her father, Cornelius Olive, on the spot he was shot and killed Wednesday night in Gary. “He walked the dog every day,” said Olive’s daughter Kimberly Olive, who said she wasn’t sure if her father had been robbed.Kimberly Olive drew a chalk memorial of a rainbow and heart on the roadway where her father was found. She wrote under it: “We love you.”She said her father was a 1964 Gary Roosevelt graduate who retired from Blaw-Knox Foundry in East Chicago. She said he moved back to Gary from Mississippi recently to help his daughter care for her mother.
Kimberly Olive said her dad and another neighbor took care of elderly residents on their small block, taking in garbage cans and mowing lawns. “His thing is he wanted the block to look nice. Kids would come down here and he’d fix their bikes,” she said. “He’s just a neighborhood guy.”Merrillville police said in a statement: “There is no specific type of incident that occurred in Merrillville, nor is there an immediate threat. This was done as a precautionary measure.”
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