A 20-year-old woman, Ashlynn Owens, was killed in a shooting just before midnight on May 2, 2026, on the city’s west side in the 4900 block of Rockville Road in Indianapolis. Officers found Owens with gunshot wounds after shots were reported fired into a mobile home where she had been visiting; she was taken to a nearby hospital in critical condition and died shortly after arrival.

Ashlynn’s mother, Jessica, described her daughter as loving and kindhearted and said Ashlynn had been at a neighbor’s residence in a mobile home park when numerous rounds were fired into the home. Several people were present but Ashlynn was the only person struck; her mother believes Ashlynn was not the intended target and notes the bullets entered Ashlynn’s back, suggesting she may have been running away. The family had been planning to celebrate her 21st birthday later that month.

The Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department’s Homicide Office is investigating and has not publicly named any suspect or motive. No arrests have been announced; detectives asked anyone with information to contact them. Did anyone in the area hear or see anything that night or know Ashlynn and can help investigators?