On the night of March 31, 2023, 18-year-old Hunter James Ravellette was found in the driveway of a residence on East Locust Street in Vincennes with a gunshot wound to his chest. Troopers who arrived performed CPR and first aid, but Hunter was pronounced dead at the scene after a call came in at about 10:05 p.m. An autopsy on April 3 determined the cause as a non-contact gunshot wound to the chest, and the Knox County Coroner ruled the death a homicide.

The Indiana State Police and the Vincennes Police Department investigated and forwarded their findings to the Knox County Prosecutor’s Office. On April 13, 2023, an 18-year-old Vincennes resident, George Smith, was charged with reckless homicide, a level 5 felony; he turned himself in and was released on bond. A 17-year-old male from Vincennes was also arrested in connection with the case on a weapons charge and was taken to the Southwest Indiana Regional Youth Village.

What details from that night might help clarify how Hunter came to be shot in the driveway on East Locust Street?