Carl Edward Stevenson IV was 27 when he was shot on a Tuesday afternoon in Indianapolis. The incident occurred around noon on November 11, 2025, in the 3700 block of Fletcher Avenue on the city’s near east side. Officers found Stevenson on a front porch with gunshot wounds; he was taken to a hospital in critical condition and later pronounced dead, his identity confirmed by the Marion County Coroner’s Office.

A 22-year-old woman, Jaynia Beans, was detained at the scene. She initially told officers that Stevenson had been banging on her door with a gun and that the firearm discharged as she tried to take it from him. A witness relayed a similar account. However, surveillance footage obtained by detectives showed Beans opening the door and shooting Stevenson while he was bent over a bag on the porch.

Stevenson’s mother, LaTasha Stevenson, described a turbulent four-year relationship between her son and Beans and said she believed he had been a victim of domestic violence. She said Stevenson had left after a physical altercation earlier that morning and returned only to retrieve belongings when he was killed. Family members remember him as quiet and mild-mannered and as a father to a young daughter. Does anyone have information about the events at that Fletcher Avenue residence or the relationship between Stevenson and Beans?