2017 INDIANAPOLIS HOMICIDES
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NDIANAPOLIS, Ind. — 2017 will go down as the deadliest year on record in the Circle City. Indianapolis
Metropolitan Police Department (IMPD) investigated 175 homicides as of December 28th, out of those, 152
have been deemed “criminal.”
The murders happened all across the city. According to an IMPD report released in early December, the City’s
northeast district saw the highest percentage of murders:
3% Downtown
14% Northwest
12% Southwest
17% Southeast
23% North
32% Northeast
In most of these murders, the victim died by gunshot.
That same December IMPD report found that in 71-percent of murders, police did not know the relationship
between the suspect and the victim, and the motive behind the violence has never been discovered.
Four-percent of victims were killed by strangers, six-percent by family member or someone they lived with, and
about one in five times the victim was killed by a friend or acquaintance.
These devastating crimes have left families and loved ones without answers for months on end, hoping that some
day there would be a break in the case.
Regarding unsolved murders, “It has become more difficult to get people to cooperate,” said IMPD Detective
Tom Lehn in an interview in October 2017, “there used to be lines in the sand that weren’t cross when children
were hurt, teenagers were hurt, or women were hurt or killed and that was something people were willing to
talk about—and these days you don’t get that at all.”
As fall of 2017 rolled around, officials reported a 43-percent clearance rate for criminal homicides, meaning in
less than half of the cases, detectives knew who did it even if they couldn’t necessarily charge the killer. By that
same period, prosecutors reported a 75-percent conviction rate against murder suspects for murder or a lesser
felony charge.
As of December 10, 2017, IMPD recorded 9 juvenile victims and eight suspects under the age of 18. Local
officials are still gathering figures to add in end-of-year arrests and charges filed.
There were 155 murders in Indianapolis in 2017, which was a new record. That comes out to a murder every 2 days and 7 hours.
News about murders is scattered throughout media outlets. Sometimes murders are unsolved, or it takes a long time for the killer to be found.
Consequently, no one ever seems to really understand or know any details, just the total number killed at the end of the year.
This page is an attempt to bring accurate and complete information about murders in a years time in this medium-sized midwestern city.
1/3/17 0:00 D'Asia Turentine 5 Black Female Firearm Accidental Arrest Accidental 4000 block of Newburgh Drive Article
1/3/17 1:00 Wesam Sammour 34 Arabic Male Firearm Homicide Unsolved Robbery 9100 block of East 21st Street Article
1/3/17 1:00 Ammar Shatnawi 36 Arabic Male Firearm Homicide Unsolved Robbery 9100 block of East 21st Street
1/3/17 15:00 Gillium Levy 38 Black Male Firearm Homicide Arrest Unknown 1100 block of Jefferson Avenue Article
1/7/17 12:00 Jordan N. King 25 White Female Blunt Force Accidental Arrest Accidental 1300 block of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. St Article
1/10/17 0:00 Joseph Capps 23 White Male Blunt Force Homicide Unsolved Unknown 400 block of Lick Creek Boulevard Article
1/22/17 6:39 Lamont Findley 1 month White Male Neglect Homicide Arrest Neglect 3500 block of Evergreen Avenue Article
1/23/17 2:30 Miraeya Arciga 23 Hispanic Female Stabbing Homicide Arrest Argument 2500 block of East Riverside Drive Article
1/25/17 19:52 Tiffany Greer 27 White Female Firearm Homicide Cleared Domestic 3000 block of West Morris Street Article
1/27/17 0:00 LaVerta Bass 87 Black Female Blunt Force Homicide Arrest Domestic 4500 block of North Winthrop Avenue
1/28/17 23:00 Rondre Bullock 23 Black Male Firearm Self-Defense Cleared Self-Defense 300 block of South State Avenue Article
1/29/17 3:00 Wilbur Morton 31 Black Male Firearm Homicide Arrest Argument 100 block of East Market Street Article
1/30/17 15:30 Eric Imani Jordan 19 Black Male Firearm Self-Defense Cleared Self-Defense 3000 block of Bavarian East Drive Article
1/30/17 19:30 Anthony Lee Hughes Jr. 14 Black Male Firearm Homicide Unsolved Robbery 3200 block of West 16th Street Article
2/2/17 20:00 Jacob Arnett 20 White Male Firearm Homicide Arrest Drugs 1900 block of South Union Street Article
2/5/17 13:00 Brandon Thomas 31 Black Male Firearm Homicide Unsolved Unknown 3000 block of Forest Manor Avenue Article
2/9/17 14:12 Brealon Green 26 Black Male Firearm Homicide Unsolved Unknown 8100 block of East 37th Street Article
2/13/17 11:30 Jenny Boltinghouse 30 White Female Firearm Homicide Unsolved Unknown 2800 block of Harding Street Article
2/14/17 18:30 Antonio Frierson Jr. 16 Black Male Firearm Accidental Arrest Accidental 3600 block of Glen Arm Road Article
2/15/17 10:30 John Jones 28 Black Male Firearm Self-Defense Cleared Argument 2300 block of North Dearborn Street Article
2/18/17 12:30 Jose Santos Garcia-Lopez 35 Hispanic Male Stabbing Homicide Arrest Argument 10300 block of Wingate Boulevard Article
2/18/17 18:00 Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown 8600 block of West 82nd Street Article
2/24/17 7:00 Candice Pigee 26 Black Female Firearm Homicide Arrest Revenge 800 block of North Rural Street Article
2/26/17 8:30 Anton Craig 22 Black Male Firearm Homicide Unsolved Drugs 2200 block of North Spencer Avenue Article
2/26/17 18:30 Montel Ligon 17 Black Male Firearm Homicide Unsolved Unknown 3100 block of East 10th Street Article
3/6/17 2:55 James Sapp 54 White Male Firearm Homicide Arrest Drugs 2100 block of North Riley Avenue
3/6/17 23:50 Levi Walker 20 Black Male Firearm Self-Defense Cleared Robbery 3200 block of South Keystone Avenue Article
3/27/17 12:00 Stefanie Coulson 37 White Female Firearm Homicide Arrest Domestic 3700 block of E Pleasant Run Parkway N Dr Article
3/27/17 23:40 Anne McDougal 45 White Female Firearm Unknown 5312 North Keystone Avenue
3/29/17 20:00 Lance Washington 21 Black Male Firearm Homicide Arrest Argument 4600 block of East Pleasant Run Parkway Article
3/31/17 0:00 Derris Mack 31 Black Male Firearm Homicide Unsolved Argument 900 block of South Pershing Avenue Article
3/31/17 11:30 Vincent Lanking 32 Black Male Firearm Homicide Arrest Domestic 6800 block of East 21st Street Article
4/3/17 21:00 Lonneisha Wellington 23 Black Female Firearm Homicide Arrest Robbery 4000 block of Meadows Drive Article
4/6/17 0:00 Brandon Miller 29 Black Male Firearm Homicide Arrest Argument 3500 block of North Richardt Avenue Article
4/6/17 0:00 Phillip McBrady 65 Black Male Firearm Homicide Arrest Argument 3500 block of North Richardt Avenue Article
4/7/17 7:30 Terrance Hill 28 Black Male Firearm Homicide Arrest Argument 4200 block of Lake Park Boulevard Article
4/9/17 19:00 Roberta Luten 24 Black Female Firearm Accidental Cleared Accidental 2300 block of North Raceway Road Article
4/10/17 8:30 Sema J. Jordan 15 Black Male Firearm Homicide Unsolved Unknown 900 block of West 35th Street Article
4/11/17 18:28 Unknown 58 Black Male Unknown Unknown 3700 block of Baltimore Avenue Article
4/13/17 15:30 Patricia Goodall 33 Black Female Firearm Homicide Unsolved Unknown 3500 block of North Capitol Avenue Article
4/13/17 22:03 Lawrence Barnes 18 Black Male Firearm Homicide Arrest Argument 3500 block of North Shadeland Avenue Article
4/13/17 23:49 Carrie Lynn Goodwin 45 White Female Overdose Unknown 2904 Valiant Drive
4/15/17 4:00 Randall Patrick 47 White Male Firearm Homicide Unsolved Robbery 1600 block of Bates Street Article
4/17/17 13:44 Christopher Buford Beard 30 Black Male Overdose Unknown 3333 East 79th Street #C
4/17/17 15:00 Jimmy McKinley 39 Black Male Firearm Homicide Arrest Drugs 2800 block of Brookside Avenue Article
4/20/17 22:00 Darrell Miller II 30 Black Male Firearm Homicide Arrest Drugs 1600 block of Villa Avenue Article
4/20/17 22:00 James Clark 31 Black Male Firearm Homicide Arrest Drugs 1600 block of Villa Avenue Article
4/22/17 0:00 Rodney Lewis 66 Black Male Blunt Force Homicide Arrest Fight 2400 block of North Webster Avenue
4/28/17 23:45 Aaron Ivy 38 Black Male Firearm Homicide Unsolved Unknown 3200 block of North Tacoma Avenue Article
4/29/17 4:00 Maurice Martinez 38 Black Male Firearm Homicide Arrest Robbery 1700 block of Portage Court Article
4/30/17 23:00 Jesse Sims 51 Black Male Firearm Homicide Unsolved Unknown 3200 block of Clifton Street Article
5/2/17 11:50 Kobi Walden 31 White Male Firearm Homicide Unsolved Unknown 1400 block of Weber Drive Article
5/4/17 9:15 Brittany McNew 18 White Female Firearm Homicide Arrest Drugs 3400 block of West Michigan Street Article
5/4/17 18:00 Deaires Grant 21 Black Male Firearm Homicide Unsolved Unknown 7800 block of Penobscot Drive Article
5/5/17 17:34 Joseph Goodin 32 White Male Firearm Homicide Arrest Argument 5900 block of Bertha Street Article
5/6/17 0:00 Angel Mejia-Alfaro 17 Hispanic Male Firearm Homicide Unsolved Drugs 5600 block of West 38th Street Article
5/6/17 0:00 Dijon Anderson 18 Black Male Firearm Homicide Unsolved Unknown 5600 block of West 38th Street Article
5/7/17 8:00 Martel Thomas 34 Black Male Firearm Homicide Unsolved Unknown 1000 block of North Rural Street Article
5/9/17 17:00 Brandon Alexander 30 Black Male Firearm Homicide Unsolved Unknown 6000 block of East 34th Street Article
5/11/17 3:30 Kristen Brown 24 Black Female Firearm Homicide Arrest Domestic 1400 block of Hamilton Avenue Article
5/13/17 22:00 Trymaine Lewis 37 Black Male Firearm Homicide Arrest Unknown 1700 block of Roosevelt Avenue Article
5/14/17 18:15 Keith Banks 31 Black Male Firearm Self-Defense Cleared Self-Defense 3800 block of West Michigan Street Article
5/20/17 3:00 Oluwadayomi Epenusi 66 Black Male Firearm Homicide Unsolved Unknown 6000 block of Beachview Drive Article
5/20/17 19:00 Zickey Self 21 Black Male Firearm Homicide Unsolved Unknown 2100 block of West Washington Street Article
5/30/17 1:30 Damon Young 39 Black Male Firearm Homicide Unsolved Unknown 3100 block of Clifton Street Article
6/1/17 10:00 Jessica Carte 34 White Female Firearm Homicide Unsolved Unknown 1800 block of Forsythia Drive Article
6/1/17 10:00 Keith Higgins 34 White Male Firearm Homicide Unsolved Unknown 1800 block of Forsythia Drive Article
6/1/17 10:00 Mark Higgins 64 White Male Firearm Homicide Unsolved Unknown 1800 block of Forsythia Drive Article
6/4/17 1:30 Fairely Griffie 19 Black Male Firearm Homicide Arrest Argument 5600 block of Whitcomb Court Article
6/5/17 0:52 Christopher Curry 28 White Male Firearm Homicide Arrest Drugs 1400 block of Ridgeview Article
6/6/17 2:00 Derrick Johnson Jr. 18 Black Male Firearm Self-Defense Cleared Self-Defense 7600 block of Wickfield Drive Article
6/7/17 13:30 Michael Hawkins 19 Black Male Firearm Self-Defense Cleared Self-Defense 2900 bock of White Knight Boulevard Article
6/8/17 4:00 Sunu Mujahid 43 Black Male Firearm Self-Defense Cleared Self-Defense 1000 block of North Rural Street Article
6/11/17 0:00 Erin Mills 34 White Female Firearm Homicide Unsolved Robbery 7200 block of Creekbrook Drive Article
6/20/17 12:00 Angie Barlow 23 White Female Unknown Homicide Unsolved Unknown 5300 block of East 43rd Street Article
6/21/17 8:00 Derek Foree 30 Black Male Firearm Homicide Unsolved Unknown 6600 block of Hollow Run Drive Article
6/22/17 13:00 Tanya Ragsdale 40 White Female Unknown Unknown 1800 block of Cruft Street Article
6/26/17 22:00 Mykah Jackson 9 Black Male Firearm Accidental Arrest Accidental 7100 block of Warrior Trail Article
6/28/17 0:26 Johnny Dudley 36 Black Male Firearm Homicide Unsolved Unknown 3100 block of Broadway Street
6/28/17 14:00 Brian Hamilton 37 White Male Unknown Unknown 200 block of North White River Parkway Drive Article
6/29/17 1:45 Aaron Bailey 45 Black Male Firearm Police Shooting Cleared Police Shoot 2300 block of Aqueduct Street Article
6/29/17 23:00 Dante Nichols 34 Black Male Firearm Homicide Unsolved Unknown 2000 block of Moray Court West Article
7/3/17 17:45 Frederick Reed Sr. 55 Black Male Firearm Homicide Unsolved Unknown 3300 block of Ralston Avenue Article
7/4/17 0:00 Abdul Cross 15 Black Male Unknown Homicide Unsolved Argument 600 block of Beachway Drive Article
7/4/17 7:00 Leroy Ruffin 57 Black Male Firearm Homicide Unsolved Unknown 1500 block of Jefferson Avenue Article
7/6/17 18:00 Dyani Saunders 24 Black Male Firearm Self-Defense Cleared Self-Defense 200 block of West 38th Street Article
7/9/17 3:30 Jasmine Moore 28 Black Female Firearm Homicide Unsolved Unknown 1600 block of West Tremont Street Article
7/9/17 5:00 Jerry A. Etheridge 53 White Male Firearm Self-Defense Cleared Self-Defense 600 block of Luett Avenue Article
7/12/17 11:30 Mark Secrest Jr. 25 Black Male Firearm Homicide Unsolved Drugs 2900 block of North Caroline Avenue Article
7/12/17 11:30 John Easley 27 Black Male Firearm Homicide Unsolved Drugs 2900 block of North Caroline Avenue Article
7/12/17 20:00 Reggie Taylor 35 Black Male Firearm Self-Defense Cleared Self-Defense 1100 block of North Medford Avenue Article
7/13/17 13:20 Deandre Hill 27 Black Male Firearm Homicide Unsolved Unknown 2900 block of North Gladstone Avenue Article
7/16/17 18:00 Justin Crowder 19 Black Male Firearm Homicide Arrest Unknown 7800 block of Somerset Bay Article
7/16/17 18:00 Dominique Miller 25 Black Male Firearm Homicide Arrest Unknown 7800 block of Somerset Bay Article
7/16/17 18:00 Jordan Wright 25 Black Male Firearm Homicide Arrest Unknown 7800 block of Somerset Bay Article
7/27/17 0:00 Aaron Allan 38 White Male Firearm Homicide Arrest Unknown 6600 block of South Madison Avenue Article
7/30/17 3:45 Erodney Davis 35 Black Male Firearm Homicide Unsolved Unknown 2100 block of Shelburne Drive Article
7/30/17 4:00 Timothy Womack 27 Black Male Firearm Homicide Unsolved Unknown 5600 block of Abercromby Circle
7/30/17 22:18 Wilson Hernandez 35 Hispanic Male Stabbing Homicide Arrest Argument 4600 block of Glastonbury Court Article
8/2/17 16:20 Tyson E. Herring 23 Black Male Firearm Homicide Arrest Argument 3100 block of North Keystone Avenue Article
8/11/17 18:00 Karrington Stallings 28 Black Male Firearm Homicide Unsolved Unknown 6400 block of Park Central Drive West Article
8/12/17 2:00 Timothy Magness 52 White Male Firearm Homicide Unsolved Unknown 10000 block of Hawkins Court Article
8/13/17 11:16 Donte Marlin 39 Black Male Firearm Homicide Unsolved Unknown 4300 block of North Sheridan Avenue
8/14/17 2:00 Lamar T. Mumm 41 Black Male Firearm Homicide Unsolved Unknown 4600 block of East Pleasant Run Parkway Article
8/20/17 4:00 Jason Hendershot 44 White Male Firearm Homicide Unsolved Unknown 2300 block of Hoyt Avenue Article
8/21/17 21:45 Samuel Ghebremichael 30 Black Male Firearm Homicide Unsolved Argument 3800 block of North Emerson Avenue Article
8/21/17 23:00 Andre Simms 19 Black Male Firearm Homicide Unsolved Unknown 10000 block of East 42nd Street Article
8/24/17 18:00 Timothy Dennis 38 Black Male Firearm Homicide Unsolved Unknown 3300 block of Station Street Article
8/27/17 4:30 Michael Scott 43 Black Male Firearm Homicide Unsolved Unknown 3400 block of West Vermont Street Article
8/28/17 0:00 Sheryl Brethauer 73 White Female Firearm Homicide Cleared Murder-Suicide 1400 block of East Brunswick Avenue Article
8/29/17 23:30 Joshua Lutrell 15 Black Male Firearm Homicide Arrest Robbery 3900 block of South Ewing Street Article
8/30/17 12:15 Clarence Smith 33 Black Male Firearm Homicide Unsolved Unknown 1000 block of West 29th Street Article
9/7/17 20:05 Andrew Schwier 26 White Male Firearm Homicide Unsolved Robbery 2000 block of Sweet Blossom Lane Article
9/7/17 22:30 Walter Timmons 78 White Male Firearm Homicide Unsolved Unknown 9000 block of East 38th Street Article
9/9/17 21:00 Geordyn Owens 18 Black Male Firearm Homicide Unsolved Unknown 4100 block of Vinewood Avenue Article
9/9/17 22:00 Matthew McGee 13 Black Male Firearm Homicide Unsolved Unknown 6000 block of East 82nd Street Article
9/10/17 21:30 Jonte Williams 18 Black Male Firearm Homicide Arrest Unknown 6400 block of Mission Terrace Article
9/10/17 21:30 Daquan Procter 23 Black Male Firearm Homicide Arrest Unknown 6400 block of Mission Terrace Article
9/15/17 0:35 Santos Garcia 41 Hispanic Male Firearm Homicide Unsolved Unknown 2600 block of East Riverside Drive Article
9/15/17 1:00 Percy Walker 34 Black Male Firearm Self-Defense Cleared Self-Defense 5700 block of Wiebeck Court Article
9/17/17 19:00 Deante Williams 18 Black Male Firearm Homicide Arrest Robbery 3400 block of North Hawthorne L Article
9/20/17 5:00 Terrance Fields 35 Black Male Firearm Homicide Unsolved Unknown 4000 block of North Tacoma Avenue Article
9/20/17 12:00 Phyllis Anderson 64 Black Female Firearm Homicide Arrest Domestic 6000 block of East 21st Street Article
9/20/17 17:30 Keith Williams 40 Black Male Firearm Homicide Arrest Unknown 4000 block of East 10th Street Article
9/21/17 3:00 Johnny Woods 34 Black Male Firearm Homicide Unsolved Unknown 300 block of South Meridian Street Article
9/24/17 2:45 Terrian Dawson 29 Black Male Firearm Homicide Unsolved Unknown 6400 block of West Washington Street Article
9/25/17 7:30 Phillisa Ealy 35 Black Female Unknown Unknown 3100 block of Concord Court Article
9/27/17 22:00 JoAnn Highwood 52 White Female Unknown Homicide Unsolved Unknown 5600 block of Dollar Forge Drive Article
9/29/17 19:00 James Butler 20 Black Male Firearm Homicide Arrest Robbery 500 block of West 28th Street Article
9/30/17 0:00 Aliyah Igartua 21 Black Female Unknown Homicide Arrest Argument 1600 block of North Goodlet Avenue Article
9/30/17 0:00 Martina Webb 24 Black Female Unknown Homicide Arrest Argument 1600 block of North Goodlet Avenue Article
9/30/17 18:00 Kirk Shurill 38 Black Male Firearm Homicide Arrest Argument 1800 block of East 23rd Street Article
9/30/17 21:00 Christopher Bowman 21 Black Male Firearm Homicide Unsolved Unknown 2400 block of Dawson Street Article
10/1/17 4:15 Eugene Dobbins 15 Black Male Firearm Accidental Cleared Accidental 1800 block of Routiers Avenue Article
10/7/17 22:00 Jason McNeal 25 Black Male Firearm Homicide Unsolved Unknown 3500 block of Dunbarry Road Article
10/7/17 22:00 Linda Douglas 73 White Female Firearm Homicide Cleared Murder-Suicide 5600 block of East 16th Street Article
10/9/17 6:00 Kawuan Bluitt 34 Black Male Firearm Accidental Cleared Accidental 6000 block of Le Havre Drive Article
10/11/17 22:15 John D. Echols Jr. 51 Black Male Firearm Homicide Arrest Argument 5000 block of East 40th Street Article
10/12/17 10:30 Philly Joe Alexander 36 Black Male Firearm Homicide Arrest Unknown 1000 block of North Rural Street Article
10/13/17 7:00 Carina Rodriguez 23 Hispanic Female Stabbing Homicide Arrest Robbery 300 block of West 9th Street Article
10/14/17 0:30 Kevin Rainey 15 Black Male Firearm Homicide Unsolved Unknown 3600 block of Tiffany Drive Article
10/14/17 18:00 Christopher Bradley 30 White Male Firearm Homicide Unsolved Unknown 700 block of Olin Avenue Article
10/15/17 3:30 Lavante Birdsong 20 Black Male Firearm Self-Defense Cleared Self-Defense 3000 block of Bavarian West Drive Article
10/16/17 17:50 John Beasley Jr. 28 Black Male Firearm Homicide Arrest Unknown 3500 block of Star Magnolia Place Article
10/17/17 1:00 Dallis Coleman Sr. 64 Black Male Firearm Homicide Arrest Robbery 5200 block of Daniel Drive Article
10/17/17 18:30 Donald Patterson Jr. 25 Black Male Firearm Homicide Unsolved Unknown 4100 block of East 34th Street Article
10/20/17 20:15 Carlos Castro 43 Hispanic Male Firearm Homicide Arrest Unknown 4200 block of South East Street Article
10/20/17 21:30 Anthony Bailey Jr. 33 Black Male Firearm Homicide Arrest Unknown 100 block of South Catherwood Avenue Article
10/24/17 23:00 Kevin Luther 31 White Male Firearm Homicide Unsolved Unknown 3400 block of East 38th Street Article
10/29/17 0:30 Aaron Martin 18 White Male Firearm Accidental Cleared Accidental 8000 block of Wildwood Farms Drive
10/30/17 1:20 Veronica Hayes 45 Black Female Firearm Homicide Unsolved Unknown 1500 block of South Goodlet Avenue Article
11/3/17 16:00 Catherine Dunaway 51 Black Female Stabbing Homicide Arrest Drugs 3400 block of North Meridian Street Article
11/3/17 23:00 Jason Doan 45 White Male Arson Homicide Arrest Arson 7200 block of Highland Road Article
11/3/17 23:30 Robert Aynes 55 White Male Firearm Homicide Unsolved Unknown 5900 block of Devington Road Article
11/4/17 0:00 Nemesio Garcia 39 Hispanic Male Firearm Homicide Unsolved Unknown 5100 block of Radnor Road
11/4/17 1:00 Adrian Turner 40 Black Male Firearm Homicide Unsolved Unknown 3500 block of North Mission Drive Article
11/4/17 6:00 Tarial Moncrief 30 Black Male Firearm Homicide Unsolved Unknown 1600 block of Nelson Avenue Article
11/5/17 19:30 Marvin Turner 45 Black Male Firearm Homicide Unsolved Unknown 3300 block of North Sherman Drive Article
11/9/17 19:30 Sharan Shepherd 36 Black Female Firearm Homicide Unsolved Unknown 5700 block of Port Au Prince Article
11/10/17 20:00 Kent Edwards 25 Black Male Firearm Homicide Unsolved Unknown 8100 block of East 37th Place Article
11/10/17 23:50 Stephen Deputy 47 White Male Firearm Homicide Unsolved Unknown 4100 block of Continental Court Article
11/12/17 22:00 Megan Holt 31 White Female Firearm Homicide Unsolved Unknown 1300 block of South Reisner Street Article
11/13/17 0:30 Trevon Harris 26 Black Male Firearm Homicide Unsolved Unknown 3400 block of North Keystone Avenue Article
11/13/17 0:30 Toshika Boler 32 Black Female Firearm Homicide Unsolved Unknown 3400 block of North Keystone Avenue Article
11/15/17 8:15 Kaylin Cole 21 Black Female Firearm Homicide Unsolved Domestic 1300 block of South Senate Avenue Article
11/17/17 0:30 Tasha Chantell Allen 34 Black Female Strangulation Homicide Arrest Domestic 1100 block of West 35th Street Article
11/18/17 1:00 Stephen Brockmann 73 White Male Unknown Homicide Unsolved Unknown 9400 block of Barr Drive Article
11/19/17 5:00 Eric Hoffman 21 White Male Firearm Homicide Arrest Argument 1800 block of Cottage Avenue Article
11/19/17 5:00 William Koenig III 32 White Male Firearm Homicide Arrest Argument 1800 block of Cottage Avenue Article
11/20/17 13:00 Kevin Rodgers 61 White Male Firearm Homicide Arrest Robbery 7500 block of Ballinshire South Article
11/21/17 13:00 Jared Steven Dowell 21 Black Male Firearm Homicide Arrest Drugs 9500 block of Shoreland Lane Article
11/21/17 20:00 Cory Miller 28 Black Male Firearm Homicide Unsolved Unknown 6000 block of East 21st Street Article
11/22/17 11:30 Daveion Thompson 16 Black Male Firearm Self-Defense Cleared Self-Defense 3500 block of East 39th Street Article
11/23/17 23:30 Jerry D. Phillips 23 Black Male Firearm Homicide Unsolved Unknown 4100 block of Shady Oaks Drive Article
11/24/17 17:30 Meredith Opel 20 White Female Firearm Homicide Cleared Domestic 4500 block of Stone Mill Drive Article
11/24/17 17:30 Mallory Jackson 27 White Female Firearm Homicide Cleared Domestic 4500 block of Stone Mill Drive Article
12/4/17 22:30 Brianna Coleman 27 Black Female Firearm Homicide Unsolved Unknown 2800 block of Anna Lane Article
12/5/17 1:00 James Thornton 52 Black Male Blunt Force Homicide Unsolved Robbery 300 block of North Mickley Avenue Article
12/6/17 13:00 Thomas Raymer 55 White Male Firearm Homicide Unsolved Unknown 1400 block of South Knox Street Article
12/11/17 22:20 Ryan Brown 21 Black Male Firearm Homicide Unsolved Unknown 7100 block of Kingswood Court Article
12/18/17 0:30 Walter Benyon 25 Black Male Firearm Homicide Unsolved Unknown 5300 block of Butler Terrace Article
12/20/17 17:30 Albert Ford 50 Black Male Firearm Homicide Arrest Unknown 4100 block of Newburgh Drive Article
12/23/17 5:00 Isiah Harris 26 Black Male Unknown Homicide Unsolved Unknown 4900 block of East 35th Street Article
12/30/17 10:30 Omar Rosa 57 White Male Firearm Homicide Unsolved Unknown 1500 block of Goldenrod Drive Article
12/31/17 5:00 Raven Mayes 35 Black Female Firearm Homicide Unsolved Unknown 5300 block of Acorn Lane Article
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Location of 2017 Indianapolis Homocides
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Nearly 40,000 People Died From Guns in U.S. Last Year,
Highest in 50 Years
By Sarah Mervosh
Dec. 18, 2018
More people died from firearm injuries in the United States last year than in any other year
since at least 1968, according to new data from the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention.
There were 39,773 gun deaths in 2017, up by more than 1,000 from the year before.
Nearly two-thirds were suicides. It was the largest yearly total on record in the C.D.C.’s
electronic database, which goes back 50 years, and reflects the sheer number of lives lost.
When adjusted for population size, the rate of gun deaths in 2017 also increased slightly to
12 deaths for every 100,000 people, up from 11.8 per 100,000 in 2016. By this measure,
last year had the highest rate of firearm deaths since the mid-1990s, the data showed.
It was the third consecutive year that the rate of firearm deaths rose in the United States,
after remaining relatively steady throughout the 2000s and the first part of this decade.
“It is significant that after a period of relative stability, now the rates are rising again,” Bob
Anderson, chief of the mortality statistics branch at the C.D.C.’s National Center for Health
Statistics, said in a phone interview.
While there are signs that the movement to prevent gun violence gained momentum this year —
state legislatures passed a surge of new gun control laws, gun control groups outspent the
National Rifle Association in the midterm election cycle and the medical community recently
took on the N.R.A. over an assertion that doctors should “stay in their lane” on gun policy —
the findings underscore that even after such efforts ramped up after the Sandy Hook
Elementary School shooting in Newtown, Conn., in 2012, gun violence continued its dizzying
assault on America.
Suicides have historically made up most deaths by firearm in the United States, research shows.
In 2017, about 60 percent of gun deaths were suicides, while about 37 percent were homicides,
according to an analysis of the C.D.C. data by the Educational Fund to Stop Gun Violence,
a public health think tank. (The group is a sister organization of the Coalition to Stop Gun
Violence, an advocacy group that works to oppose the N.R.A.)
Suicide over all has been on the rise for more than a decade and is the 10th leading cause of
death in the United States, according to the health statistics center. But researchers say firearm
homicide has ticked upward recently and also helps explain the rise in gun deaths since 2015.
2017 NATIONAL STATISTICS