E.J. Clark was a 19-year-old Black man described by family as quiet, loyal and a steady presence for his younger brother Aaron. He left high school in his senior year to work, planned to return for his diploma and study auto mechanics, lived in his own apartment and enjoyed cooking — a skill he learned from his mother and grandmother.

In the early morning hours of June 14, 2012, E.J. was walking home from his girlfriend’s apartment in Lawrence, Indiana. Around 1:40 a.m. a patrol officer found him slumped in the 8700 block of East 46th Street. He suffered a single gunshot wound to the lower abdomen and died shortly after arrival at Methodist Hospital from severe internal bleeding. Before he died he told police four Black males had exited a silver car he identified as a Dodge Neon; detectives also learned he had been in a fight. A shell casing was found at the scene.

No arrests have been announced and the homicide remained unsolved as of February 2016. If anyone remembers seeing a silver Dodge Neon or those involved that night, contact Crime Stoppers of Central Indiana at 317-262-8477.