In the early morning hours of October 23, 2021, 20-year-old Francisco Sandoval was shot inside a vehicle at an apartment complex on the 2100 block of Lake Terrace West Drive on Indianapolis’ east side, near 21st Street and Mitthoeffer Road. Police responded after a report of a shooting just after 1 a.m.; officers found Sandoval and a woman in the vehicle with gunshot wounds. Emergency medical personnel pronounced Francisco Sandoval dead at the scene. The woman was taken to a local hospital in stable condition.

The Marion County Coroner’s Office ruled Sandoval’s death a homicide. At the time of the incident, police had not released a motive or identified any suspects, and no arrests had been announced. Homicide detectives with the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department are leading an active investigation and have asked anyone with information to contact the IMPD Homicide Office or Crime Stoppers of Central Indiana.

If anyone has information about what happened that night, please share it with investigators.