Chrisline Stephen, 31, was fatally shot on the evening of August 3, 2026, at The Residences on 56th Street on Indianapolis’ northeast side. Officers responding around 8 p.m. found Stephen inside an apartment with multiple gunshot wounds; an autopsy recovered four bullets from her body. A child who had been present escaped to a neighbor’s apartment and was unharmed.

Police quickly identified and arrested 37-year-old Irvens Norvilus of Speedway as he tried to leave the scene in an SUV. Investigators say Norvilus exited the vehicle with his hands raised and told officers he had killed his baby momma; officers later found a handgun and live 9mm cartridges in his vehicle. Court documents allege Norvilus stole the gun from a friend and describe pleas from Stephen and a relative for him not to shoot.

Norvilus was charged on August 7 with murder and pointing a firearm, held without bond at an August 10 hearing, and assigned a public defender; no-contact orders were issued with three people. A jury trial is scheduled to begin on October 26. Know anything that could help this investigation or knew Chrisline Stephen?