On April 24, 2022, 74-year-old Mark McIntire of Indianapolis was found shot dead inside a home on Countryside Drive on the city’s far west side. Officers responding to a disturbance encountered an armed 81-year-old man, identified as Dean Farmer, who retreated into the house and began firing, prompting a nearly five-hour standoff and a SWAT callout.

When SWAT entered the residence around 7 p.m., they discovered the bodies of Mark McIntire, a 70-year-old woman named Janet McIntire, and Dean Farmer, all with gunshot wounds. The Marion County Coroner’s Office ruled the deaths of Mark and Janet McIntire homicides. Investigators concluded Farmer shot both victims before he died; the motive has not been established. The IMPD Critical Incident Response Team handled the investigation.

If anyone saw activity near Countryside Drive that evening or has information about Farmer’s connection to the McIntires, please come forward.