On the evening of March 19, 2022, two young men from Indianapolis’s Chin community were killed in a shooting near the Arthur R. Baxter Branch YMCA. Twenty-one-year-old James Thawng Tha Ceu and 18-year-old Boi Nge were found with gunshot wounds behind the facility after officers responded shortly after 8:00 p.m. Both died at the scene despite medical efforts. A third person was wounded and survived after hospital treatment.

The Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department opened a homicide investigation but has not released a motive or detailed circumstances leading up to the shooting. No arrests or public suspect identifications have been announced. These were reported as the first homicides in Indianapolis in 2022 involving Asian victims.

If anyone observed activity near Shelby Street and Stop 11 Road that night or has information about either victim, please share tips with investigators.