Danny Marshall Steward was found fatally shot in the early hours of October 5, 2024, in the 5300 block of Culver Street in Indianapolis, just southeast of East 42nd Street and Emerson Avenue. Officers arrived around 1 a.m. and discovered the 57-year-old Black man suffering from an apparent gunshot wound; medical personnel pronounced him dead at the scene and the Marion County Coroner later confirmed his identity.

The circumstances that led to the shooting remain unclear.

Anyone with information about what happened that night is asked to contact the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department to help bring answers to Steward’s family and community.