South Bend shooting victim dies, but death not related to shootingTribune Staff Report
Police with guns stand outside Southeast Park in South Bend. A shooting at a reunion party left one person dead and sent another to the hospital in August. (WSBT photo) SOUTH BEND — A 20-year-old man died Saturday in Wisconsin, two weeks after he was shot at the Southeast Side Reunion. Related Content
Although the official cause of death of Mario Rhodes is not known, local police said his death was not caused by complications from the Aug. 23 shooting. “The preliminary report is that the shooting did not have anything to do with his death,” St. Joseph County Metro Homicide Unit Commander Tim Corbett said, but added that toxicology reports were still pending. Corbett said two people from his office traveled to Milwaukee on Monday to assist the Milwaukee County Medical Examiner’s Office with the autopsy. Corbett said he wanted his staff to make sure that a proper investigation was done. “Since it happened in our jurisdiction, we don’t want someone else to be stuck doing our dirty work,” Corbett said. Robert Herron, Rhodes’ uncle, said his nephew had gone to Milwaukee to attend a wedding. Two weeks earlier, Rhodes was shot in the back as he attended the Southeast Side Reunion in Southeast Park. Another man, Deric Foulks, was also shot and died at the scene. St. Joseph County prosecutors later charged Gary Stokes with both crimes, alleging that Stokes shot Foulks in revenge for a shooting 17 years earlier. At the time, Rhodes told police he did not witness the argument that reportedly preceded the shooting, nor did he see the person who shot him. He said he heard gunfire and turned to run when he was hit. Also, Rhodes’ injury wasn’t considered that serious - police said he was treated and released from the hospital after receiving a single shot in the back. But Herron, Rhodes’ uncle, said the bullet was never removed from his nephew and he initially suspected that his death on Saturday was connected to the shooting. “He didn’t stay in the hospital too long after he was shot,” Herron said. “But he wasn’t all better.” Herron said he was surprised to hear the initial autopsy results, and said he didn’t know what else could have caused his previously healthy nephew to die. “Before the incident,” Herron said, referring to Rhodes being shot, “he didn’t have any health problems. He was perfectly fine.” Most Popular
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