On the evening of August 29, 2024, a shooting on the northeast side of Indianapolis left Michael Alvin Edwards Jr. dead. Officers with the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department responded about 8:15 p.m. to the 3400 block of North Leland Avenue and found Mr. Edwards, a 57-year-old Black man born February 28, 1967, inside a vehicle with gunshot wounds. He was taken to a hospital in critical condition and did not survive.

Family and friends held a visitation and a Celebration of Life for him on Saturday, September 14, 2024, at the Church of the Living God in Indianapolis.

If anyone saw the incident on North Leland Avenue that night or has information about who was involved, please share tips with the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department.