On the morning of Sunday, October 9, 2022, officers in Indianapolis found 47-year-old Deric Lee Thomas lying dead in front of a truck on the 100 block of North Euclid Avenue. He had sustained a fatal gunshot wound. Neighbors reported hearing a single gunshot earlier that morning.

Family members, including his son, were at the scene as homicide detectives canvassed the neighborhood and collected evidence. Investigators used gunshot detection technology in the area while working to establish a timeline; no arrests or named suspects were reported in initial accounts. The block lies in a part of the city that had been experiencing increased violence, and police described the shooting as part of a particularly deadly October for Indianapolis.

Who in the community might have seen or heard something that morning and can help detectives piece together what happened?