On the night of August 31, 2023, 39-year-old Francisco Brito was shot and killed while riding his motorcycle on Indianapolis’s near northeast side. Officers from the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department were called for a person shot and found Brito with injuries consistent with a gunshot wound; he was pronounced dead at the scene.

Police have classified the death as a homicide and opened an investigation, but the circumstances leading up to the shooting have not been released and no suspects or arrests have been publicly identified. The community and Brito’s family remain without a clear account of what happened that night.

If anyone witnessed the incident or has information that could help investigators, please share what you know with the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department.