Rodney Nixon Jr., 37, was found dead from a gunshot wound in the interior hallway of an apartment building in the 200 block of North Warman Avenue in Indianapolis the morning of January 20, 2025. Police were called around 3:30 a.m. after reports of shots fired; Nixon was pronounced dead at the scene.

Investigators say a disturbance broke out inside one of the apartments shortly before the shooting. Detectives identified Nixon’s 16-year-old son, Zavyon Nixon, as a suspect and found the teenager had an active arrest warrant for dangerous possession of a firearm. On January 30, detectives, with help from Indianapolis Public School Police, located and arrested Zavyon on that warrant; he was later released. A subsequent warrant for murder was later obtained and used to arrest Zavyon again.

What information about that night or the people involved could help clarify how the disturbance escalated to deadly gunfire?