An 18-year-old was fatally shot on the near-northwest side of Indianapolis on the afternoon of April 2, 2025. Jaiden Gardfrey, a Black male and student at Indianapolis Metropolitan High School, was struck once in the chest around 4:40 p.m. in the 900 block of West 32nd Street. After being shot he sought help at several houses and collapsed inside a residence where he was pronounced dead at the scene.

Police allege the shooting grew out of an ongoing dispute. Court documents say the next day detectives arrested 19-year-old Izayah Holland; authorities say Holland approached a bedroom window from the outside and fired once, then had a malfunction when he tried to fire again. Holland reportedly sent threatening voice messages to the mother of Gardfrey’s 8-month-old child before the shooting. Witnesses say Gardfrey was unarmed, though Holland told investigators Gardfrey had pointed a gun at him. An Instagram message attributed to Holland after the shooting said, in part, I shot when I see him have no gun I didn't shoot anymore. Holland faces preliminary murder charges.

Gardfrey is remembered as a basketball player and a father to two infant sons, aged about 8 months and 3 months, who his mother said he wanted to build a future for. Is there anyone who saw or heard what happened on West 32nd Street that afternoon?