Merrillville Woman Charged With Attempted Murder After Two Family Members Shot Inside Home

Merrillville Woman Charged With Attempted Murder After Two Family Members Shot Inside Home

Lenora Beach, 59, of Merrillville, is charged after officers were dispatched at approximately 7:54 p.m. on January 30, 2026, to a residence in the 5400 block of Maryland Street in Merrillville for a domestic disturbance where dispatch advised that two people had been shot. According to the probable cause affidavit, when officers arrived a woman outside the home screamed that her children were inside and had been shot. Officers observed the front…