Troy David Elleman Sr. was shot and killed in an Indianapolis motel room on Wednesday, January 26, 2022, roughly three days before his 32nd birthday. The shooting occurred inside a room at the Motor 8 Inn near 38th Street and Shadeland Avenue; officers arrived after a 2:00 p.m. report and found a man with gunshot wounds who was taken to Eskenazi Hospital and died shortly after arrival. The Marion County Coroner identified the victim as Elleman.

Patrol officers soon located and detained a man near East 38th Street and North Elizabeth Street who matched the suspect description. Homicide detectives questioned him, and he was later arrested on a murder charge and an unrelated robbery warrant. Detectives say witnesses reported a disturbance in the motel room before the shooting and that Elleman and the arrested man were known to each other. The Marion County Prosecutor’s Office will make final charging decisions.

If anyone was at the Motor 8 Inn that afternoon or has information about the disturbance before the shooting, please share what was seen or heard.