Cripes! I know the shop owner (thought he was a better shot) and am embarrassed to admit I even read the Hammond Times but their site force fed my computer 78 cookies before I gave up and blew it away so I still know none of the details.
Hammond isn't really that bad until you get to the north side of town. Even there most business areas are safe enough. Most of East Chicago is OK but stay out of Gary at night and don't go there at all unless you have business. J&J Coins is SW Hammond.
Mebbe they'll be moving south after this.
Time don't fly, it bounds and leaps.