Randy Darrell Hinkle, 34, was shot and killed in Indianapolis on the evening of Wednesday, April 19, 2023. He had stopped at the New Bridge Apartments in the 2400 block of Beckwith Drive to spend time with friends when gunfire erupted. A friend ran to a nearby apartment, alerting a cousin who had been outside with her children; responders found Hinkle lying outside and transported him to Methodist Hospital’s trauma center, where he died later that evening.

Hinkle’s family described him as a quiet man who kept to himself; his mother said he was a lover not a fighter. As of the latest information, no arrests have been announced and the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department is investigating. If anyone was at or near the New Bridge Apartments on April 19, or knows anything about the shooting, please contact investigators with what was seen or heard.