Derrick Curtis Perry II, 32, was fatally shot on Thursday, January 4, 2024, inside an apartment building on Indianapolis’ northeast side near 82nd Street and Allisonville Road. A woman who knew Perry was taken into custody after the shooting but was later released as the investigation continued; news reports say the woman who shot him, identified as his girlfriend, claimed she had endured years of abuse.

Perry had prior legal trouble: in May 2022 he was arrested in Warsaw on allegations that included intimidation with a deadly weapon, pointing a firearm, theft, and invasion of privacy after a woman told police he had threatened her and was accused of stealing one of her guns. A no-contact order had been issued against him in Marion Superior Court in July 2021 in connection with an invasion-of-privacy charge involving the same woman.

Does anyone who knew Derrick or who was in that apartment building on January 4 have information that could help clarify what happened?