Calvin Leon Lawson Jr., 32, was shot and killed outside his Indianapolis apartment on the evening of Friday, October 14, 2022. The shooting took place in the 4500 block of East Washington Street, outside the Parkway Terrace apartments where Lawson lived. Witnesses say a dispute over less than $100 led Milton Porter, then 24, to call Lawson outside to fight; when Lawson came out prepared to engage physically, Porter produced a firearm and shot him once in the neck. Witnesses reported Porter tried to fire a second shot but stopped when Lawson’s girlfriend came out of the apartment.

Officers from the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department found Lawson with a critical gunshot wound; he was taken to a nearby hospital and died a few hours later. Numerous witnesses identified Porter, and police located and arrested him three days later on October 17, 2022. The case centers on a brief but fatal escalation from an argument over money to deadly violence.

If anyone witnessed what happened that night or has information about the incident, please share what is known.