A burst of gunfire ended Valentine’s Day for a family and neighbors on the 2800 block of Forest Manor Avenue in Indianapolis. Nathaniel Childs Dawn Jr., 55, a Black man, was found with apparent gunshot wounds on February 14, 2023 after a call about a person shot came in shortly after 6:30 p.m. Officers arrived and Dawn was taken to a nearby hospital in critical condition; he died a short time later and the Marion County Coroner’s Office officially ruled the death a homicide.

The Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department opened a homicide investigation but released no information about a possible motive or any suspect descriptions. No arrests were reported in the initial accounts and detectives asked the public to contact the IMPD Homicide unit with any information.

If anyone has information about what happened that evening or saw activity on Forest Manor Avenue around 6:30 p.m., please contact IMPD Homicide.