Cedric D. Crews, 44, was shot inside a northeast Indianapolis home on Christmas morning, December 25, 2024. Officers were dispatched just after 11 a.m. to the 4400 block of North Kitley Avenue after a report that someone had been shot. Crews was found with gunshot wounds and taken to Methodist Hospital in critical condition; he did not survive.

Investigators treated the death as a homicide and said the shooting grew out of an argument inside the house. Police identified Derek McKenzie III as a suspect, obtained an arrest warrant, served a warrant at a related residence and seized multiple firearms, including one fitted with a machine-gun conversion device. Detectives located McKenzie on February 3, 2025, and he was taken into custody; prosecutors filed murder and unlawful-possession-by-a-serious-violent-felon charges and he was ordered held without bond.

What did neighbors or anyone at the gathering that morning see or hear leading up to the disturbance?