Merrillville man reaches plea deal in deadly mass shooting at Hammond bar: officials

HAMMOND, Ind. (WLS) -- A man entered a plea deal and agreed to life without parole in a deadly mass shooting at a northwest Indiana bar.

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Caprice Edward Cashaw agreed to plead guilty to two counts of murder and three counts of attempted murder, according to the Lake County Prosecutor's Office.

The shooting happened in March 2025, Hammond police officers responded to reports of gunfire at Portside Pub at 1516 Indianapolis Boulevard around 4 a.m.

There, responding officers found five gunshot victims. Two died at the scene.

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The Lake County Coroner's Office in Indiana identified those victims as 59-year-old Lorraine Reyna and 25-year-old Paul Olivares. Both lived in Whiting.

ABC7 was told that Olivares worked at the pub as a bartender.

Four of the people shot were trying to help someone involved in a domestic situation, but "their heroic efforts to stop the situation from escalating were met with violence," police said.

Hammond Mayor Thomas McDermott said the domestic dispute started in the parking lot.

Under the agreement, Cashaw will receive life without parole for each murder conviction.