On April 28, 2022, at about 2:15 a.m., 27-year-old Kenuel Thompson was shot and killed outside the Kessler Food Mart in the 2900 block of West Kessler Boulevard North Drive in Indianapolis. Officers found Thompson inside a car in the store parking lot and he was pronounced dead at the scene; the Marion County Coroner’s Office attributed his death to a gunshot wound.

Inside the convenience store, another man suffered multiple gunshot wounds and was taken to a local hospital in critical condition. Investigators treating the incident as a targeted shooting say shots were fired into the vehicle Thompson occupied. Despite canvassing for surveillance footage, police have not identified any suspects and the case remains unsolved.

Thompson was remembered by family as a beloved son, brother, and uncle who enjoyed singing and was working toward a degree in electrical engineering. Anyone with information is asked to contact Crime Stoppers of Central Indiana.