Rebecca June Carter, 21, was shot and killed in an east-side Indianapolis apartment on the night of April 1, 2026. Emergency responders were called to the 500 block of Carlyle Place around 11:45 p.m.; she was found with a gunshot wound, taken to a hospital in critical condition and pronounced dead. The Marion County Coroner identified her as Rebecca June Carter.

Indianapolis Metropolitan Police initially suggested the shooting might have been accidental. A person at the scene was detained, later arrested and formally charged: court documents name Rebecca’s boyfriend, Louis Jenkins Jr., and list one count of reckless homicide. A juvenile witness said Carter and Jenkins were on a couch, Carter was handling the gun while on a FaceTime call, and the weapon discharged as she reached for it after Jenkins allegedly raised the gun. Jenkins told police he was playing around and did not usually keep a round in the chamber; he reportedly called his mother and said he had accidentally shot Carter. Two young children, ages two years and two months, were in the home at the time.

Does anyone have information about Rebecca’s final hours or who was in that apartment that night?