In the early hours of March 15, 2023, 29-year-old Tristan Nathaniel Twilley Jr. was found dead inside his duplex on East 10th Street in Muncie, Indiana, after multiple reports of shots fired. Responding officers discovered the home had been struck more than 50 times, with windows shattered and interior walls and furniture riddled by gunfire. An autopsy was planned to determine the exact cause of death.

The shooting echoed a painful family history: almost exactly five years earlier Tristan’s father, Tristan Twilley Sr., 44, had been shot and killed outside a barbershop on 34th Street in Indianapolis. Surveillance video from that earlier killing was released but the elder Twilley’s killer was never apprehended.

As of the immediate aftermath of the March 15 incident, Muncie Police were actively investigating but had not announced any arrests or identified suspects, and motive remained unclear. If anyone knew Tristan Jr., his routines, acquaintances, or saw activity near East 10th Street on March 15, please come forward with information.