Laurice D. Pate, a 19-year-old Black man from Indianapolis, was shot in the pre-dawn hours of Wednesday, May 28, 2025, and died after being taken to a nearby hospital. The shooting occurred on the city’s east side in the 100 block of South Gladstone Avenue, near East Washington Street and Sherman Drive. Officers were called to the scene around 3:30 a.m.

Police say witnesses reported a struggle over a firearm before a disturbance involving multiple people escalated and a fatal shot was fired. After the shooting, a person described as a suspect left the scene in a vehicle heading north. Homicide detectives canvassed the neighborhood the same morning and asked residents for doorbell or surveillance video that might show the suspect or the fleeing vehicle. No arrests or public identification of a suspect had been announced.

If anyone in the area that night has video or information about the confrontation or the vehicle that left northbound, contact the Indianapolis homicide investigators with what was seen.