On the evening of July 8, 2024, a shooting at the Lawrence Landing apartment complex on the northeast side of Indianapolis left 38-year-old Dartanian Lamonte Cole fatally wounded. Officers were called to the 6800 block of Faris Avenue near 42nd Street and Shadeland Avenue after reports of gunfire. Cole was found with gunshot injuries, taken to a hospital in critical condition, and died a short time later.

Witness accounts and subsequent investigation indicate the confrontation began as a verbal dispute near the complex’s swimming pool. Cole allegedly made a comment while walking past a parked vehicle occupied by a man and two women, leading to an argument with one of the women. The man, identified as 27-year-old Reggie Horton, exited the car and tried to punch Cole; testimony provided to the Marion County Prosecutor’s Office says Horton then produced a firearm and fired multiple times when Cole reached for his backpack.

Horton fled but was later identified by witnesses, including a woman who was with him at the scene, and was arrested. Does anyone have information about what led to the initial confrontation or witnessed the moments before the shooting?