N. Ind. police say man fatally shot mowing lawn

HEBRON, Ind. — Police are investigating the weekend death of a northwestern Indiana man who was fatally while mowing a lawn for a lawn service company.

The Times of Munster reports that 24-year-old Michael Pasternak Jr. of Gary was pronounced dead Sunday at an Indianapolis hospital where he was airlifted after Saturday's shooting in Hebron.

Indiana State Police said in a release that Pasternak was working for Budget Lawn Care of Crown Point when he was shot. Police say his father was helping him at the time.

Witnesses told police they heard about five or six gunshots. A neighbor told The Times it's not uncommon to hear gunshots in the wooded area and fields behind a row of houses where police used dogs to search for possible suspects and clues.