Jalen Stephen Williams, a 30-year-old Indianapolis resident, was fatally shot in the early hours of Sunday, July 6, 2025. Police responded around 12:50 a.m. to a report of a person shot at a home in the 1800 block of Roosevelt Avenue on the near northeast side. Officers found two men with gunshot wounds on the front porch; emergency medical personnel pronounced Williams dead at the scene and the other victim was taken to a hospital in stable condition.

The Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department treated the incident as a homicide and assigned a lead detective to the double shooting. Investigators have asked the public for help but have not publicly identified any suspect or announced an arrest. The case remains an open, active investigation.

If anyone has information about what happened on Roosevelt Avenue that night or noticed anything unusual in the area, please contact the homicide office.