On the evening of September 15, 2023, police in Indianapolis found the body of a woman on the northeast side of the city in the 3800 block of Breen Drive, near East 38th Street and North Post Road. The Marion County Coroner identified her as 35-year-old Takeysha Lana Burks. An autopsy ruled the death a homicide from a gunshot wound.

Burks was one of several victims in separate violent incidents across the city that weekend, and detectives and forensic teams processed the Breen Drive scene as they worked to reconstruct events leading to the killing. As of the latest reports, there have been no arrests and no suspects publicly named, and the case remains unsolved.

If anyone saw activity in the Breen Drive area on September 15 or has information about Burks, please contact the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department.