On the late afternoon of August 2, 2023, 19-year-old Alton Ray Kerney, a Black man, was shot and killed on the Near West Side of Indianapolis. Officers were called to the 1000 block of North Rochester Avenue around 5:45 p.m. for a report of a person shot. Kerney was found in the street with multiple gunshot wounds and was pronounced dead at the scene.

Investigators recovered eight fired cartridge casings near the body and treated the shooting as isolated, with the suspect fleeing on foot. Surveillance footage from a nearby business captured the daylight shooting and other cameras showed a man later identified as Bryant Washington and a shirtless companion following Kerney for at least 10 minutes before the gunfire. Detectives used a distinctive chest tattoo to identify the companion, who, after questioning, described an ongoing disagreement between Washington and Kerney and identified Washington as the shooter. A police report from the previous December listed Kerney as Washington’s roommate.

Does anyone in the Near West Side area remember seeing Kerney or the individuals on August 2, 2023, or have surveillance footage that could help investigators?