On the early morning of October 30, 2023, officers were called to a disturbance at an apartment complex on the 3000 block of West 39th Street on Indianapolis’ northwest side, near West Kessler Boulevard North Drive and 38th Street. First responders found a shooting in the complex’s common areas; Montrez Cushenberry, 29, was critically wounded and was pronounced dead at the scene.

Cushenberry, a Black man known to friends and family by the nickname Yellah, was remembered in online tributes that emphasized his ties to the community. Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department investigators processed the scene, canvassed for witnesses and asked anyone with information about the incident to come forward. No suspect or motive had been released in the initial reports.

Did anyone in the area that night hear or see anything that could help identify who was responsible?