Damion Dewion Cole, 45, was found with gunshot wounds in the parking lot of an extended-stay hotel on Indianapolis’ north side and pronounced dead at the scene on August 22, 2023. Cole, a chef and a Black man, was discovered in the late hours of a Tuesday; emergency medical services responded but could not save him.

His death was one of two homicides in the city within a few hours, but police say the arrest made in the other case on Pluto Drive was not connected to Cole’s killing. There have been no publicly announced arrests or identified suspects in Cole’s homicide, and investigators have not released a motive or further details about the circumstances.

If anyone has information about what happened that night in the hotel parking lot, please contact the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department with tips.