Police are looking for a suspect involved in a shooting in the 1500 block of Anderson Ave. near Bulla St. in South Bend. It happened just after 5 a.m. Sunday.

The victim, Tomara Agnew, 40, was found in an apartment three, suffering from gunshot wounds. She was pronounced dead at the scene.

When officers arrived, an SUV was trying to exit to the parking lot of Sunshine Village Complex apartments.

As officers were attempting to stop it, the driver, Anthony Patton Jr., 23, fired out the window at an officer.

The officer returned fire. However, it is not clear if Patton was hit.

After a short police pursuit, officers lost Patton on Bulla.

St. Joseph County Metro Homicide Commander Tim Corbett confirmed that Agnew is Patton's girlfriend's mother. The shooting happened at the girlfriend's apartment, and the child Patton has with his girlfriend was in the apartment at the time of the shooting.

Police believe Patton shot Agnew after an argument.

Around 8:30 a.m., neighbors in the River Park Neighborhood said South Bend SWAT arrived at Horne Court at a home in the 2900 block. A brown Chevrolet Equinox was sitting in the driveway, the car Patton is believed to have been driving.

SWAT later cleared the scene. Officers did not find him. The brown Chevy Equinox, which Corbett confirmed was the vehicle Patton was driving, was towed away from the scene and has been impounded.

It was an odd situation for the River Park neighborhood.

"It's usually quiet, don't have any problems," resident David Splawski said. "Had my car broken into a couple of times, nothing serious."

But obviously, with SWAT descending on the neighborhood, it was quite a different story Sunday morning.

"This has got to be the craziest," said Splawski, who has lived in the area for 40 years.

"I was sitting in the kitchen reading the paper when I happened to look and see squad cars, come out to look and see what's happening," Splawski explained. "They had machine guns and were running around. It was a little scary."

Police did not find Patton, but neighbors are happy things in their neighborhood are back to normal.

"It made me think a little bit, what's going on," Splawski said. "A bullet could come hit you. ... But we made it through."

If you see Patton, do not approach him, as he is considered to be armed and dangerous.

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