Skyleen M. Ross, 23, was shot and killed in the early morning hours of October 19, 2025, near the entrance of a parking garage in the 600 block of Wabash Avenue in downtown Terre Haute. The shooting happened around 2:30 a.m. after Ross and friends left The Verve nightclub. Off-duty West Terre Haute officers nearby heard a single gunshot and found Ross with a gunshot wound to her chest; she died despite life-saving efforts.

Investigators described Ross as an innocent bystander. She was Black/African American, had been a member of the Terre Haute Torpedoes swim club, enjoyed drawing and painting, and was studying to become a radiology technician after attending St. Mary-of-the-Woods College and Ivy Tech Community College. She worked at a Casey’s in Clinton, Indiana.

Detectives identified 23-year-old Javon T. Wilson of Terre Haute as a suspect within hours. Wilson, who had also been shot in the hand, was reportedly showing the group a gun; witnesses say Ross asked whether it was loaded, he allegedly said it was not, and the gun then discharged, striking both Wilson and Ross.

Did anyone who knew Skyleen or was at The Verve that night see or hear anything that could help investigators?