On the evening of August 9, 2022, 27-year-old Marshai Jones was found with gunshot wounds in the 3500 block of North Leland Avenue on Indianapolis’ east side, near East 36th Street and Emerson Avenue. Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department officers and medics responded; Jones was pronounced dead at the scene and the Marion County Coroner ruled his death a homicide.

Investigators say another person from the same incident arrived at Eskenazi Hospital with gunshot injuries and was reported to be awake and breathing. The investigation remains open.

If anyone has information about what happened on Leland Avenue that evening, please share it with Indianapolis police.