Cruize Hodge, 28, was killed in the early morning hours of February 25, 2025 on the near east side of Indianapolis. Emergency crews found Hodge in the 400 block of Oakland Avenue with a gunshot wound just before 5:45 a.m.; he was taken to a hospital in critical condition and later died of his injuries.

IMPD detectives say two men were identified quickly after the shooting. Court documents and witness accounts allege that Michael Cantrail and Jaden Morland, reportedly friends of Hodge, confronted him in a garage, brandished firearms, pinned him against a wall, and robbed him. Witnesses allege the men pistol-whipped Hodge, led him to the driveway and into the street, and that gunshots were heard there. Cell phone data and video surveillance are cited as placing both men near the scene that morning.

Both Cantrail and Morland were arrested — one on March 6 and the other on March 8 — and held without bond on charges connected to Hodge’s death. Does anyone have information about Hodge’s movements that morning or the events at the garage?