Britney Long was a 27-year-old mother of four from Indianapolis whose family said she found joy in helping others and was the Center of their lives. In the early morning hours of Saturday, January 6, 2024, police answered a 911 call to a North Euclid Avenue home and found Long in her bed with a gunshot wound to the head. Her four young children, all under seven, were asleep in an adjacent room and were physically unharmed. Long was transported to a local hospital in critical condition and died after her family removed life support on January 10, 2024; through organ donation she was able to help eight other people.

The 911 call came from Britney’s fiancé, 32-year-old Jomal Tyler, who told dispatchers the gun had "just went off" and later told detectives he had heard a noise outside, grabbed his firearm in the bedroom and it discharged, striking Britney. Investigators found a Canik 9mm handgun at the foot of the mattress and blood inside Tyler’s running SUV in the driveway, and they identified an open domestic violence case connected to the residence. Tyler was arrested on January 7, 2024, and charged with criminal recklessness with a deadly weapon. The Marion County Coroner’s Office ruled Britney’s death a homicide and the investigation remained active.

If anyone knew Britney, her children’s whereabouts that night, or has information about what happened on North Euclid Avenue, please come forward.