Rodney Ward Jr., 16, was shot in the early evening of July 11 in the parking lot of a BP at 2900 block of North Mitthoeffer Road on Indianapolis’s far east side. Indianapolis Metropolitan Police officers arrived just after 6 p.m. after a report of a person shot and found Ward Jr. suffering from gunshot wounds. Officers and EMS provided aid and he was taken to a local hospital in critical condition; he later died and the Marion County Coroner confirmed his identity.

Detectives from the IMPD Violent Crimes Unit investigated for months and, with community assistance, identified a suspect. An arrest warrant was issued in early November for 19-year-old Michael Kevin Jones. Jones was found inside a vehicle with two other people, who were arrested on firearms-related charges; Jones was taken into custody and is facing charges including murder, robbery resulting in serious bodily injury, and theft. His initial court hearing was scheduled for the morning of November 6.

Did anyone see activity in that BP parking lot on the evening of July 11 or know anything about the vehicle where Jones was located?