“When did Christopher change from a seven or eight year old sitting around the pool to an 11-12-13 year old running around with guns?” he asked, incredulously. Everything was normal until one of the kids said something really nasty about one of the mothers, the source said. From that point on, it was war played out on the streets of southeast Fort Wayne.

Responding officers and EMS found the younger brother crying over his dead brother, cradling him in his arms, according to the probable cause affidavit submitted by homicide detective Aaron Johnson. Detectives plumbed social media and found rap videos tying Recht, now 21, to the homicides. Words like “All that dissing he was doing, they ain’t think we was going to get him back, front yard Boogie, more through the mail you gonna get it back.”

In December, 2023, two groups of Servpro workers, one hired out of Louisville; the other, Chicago, squared off late one Saturday afternoon and had a heck of a brawl in the southeast parking lot of the Red Roof Inn on West Coliseum Boulevard, according to a probable cause affidavit written by homicide detective Geraud Bartels. It started over a remark a Chicago supervisor hurled at the guys from Louisville. They weren't getting their work done, he said. That was enough to p