On the early morning of September 13, 2024, a fatal shooting occurred at the Westmont Apartments on the 1500 block of Lewis Street in Indianapolis, near the Frank & Judy O'Bannon Soccer Park. Officers responding to a domestic disturbance call around 12:20 a.m. reportedly encountered active gunfire and found Rayion Lamont Matthews wounded on the ground. Emergency medical personnel pronounced the 24‑year‑old Black man dead at the scene.

Matthews had been living at the complex for a short time after his release from incarceration about seven weeks earlier; family members said he had been trying to make positive changes. Police detained a person of interest at the scene and questioned them, but after consulting the Marion County Prosecutor’s Office that individual was released without charges. No arrests have been announced and Detective Katie Gourley is leading the homicide investigation.

If anyone knew Rayion or has information about what happened that night, please share tips with Indianapolis homicide detectives.