On November 11, 2025, 27-year-old Carl Edward Stevenson IV was shot on the front porch of a residence in the 3700 block of Fletcher Avenue in Indianapolis. He was found in critical condition, taken to a hospital, and later died of his injuries. The incident began as a domestic dispute involving Stevenson and his partner, Jaynia Beans.

Beans initially told investigators Stevenson had been banging on her door with a gun and that the firearm discharged during a struggle as she tried to take it from him. Surveillance footage later recovered by detectives reportedly showed Beans opening the door and shooting Stevenson while he was bent over a bag, with no gun visible on his person at any point. That footage prompted Beans’ arrest and a preliminary charge of murder, which prosecutors later filed formally.

Stevenson’s mother, LaTasha Stevenson, described his four-year relationship with Beans as toxic and said police had been called to the couple’s home on multiple prior occasions. Who knew the couple or has information about prior calls to their home?