Cory Miller, a 28-year-old Black man, was killed on the evening of November 21, 2017, after a burst of gunfire during a routine stop on Indianapolis’ east side. Just after 8 p.m., police were called to East 21st Street and Arlington Avenue, where a shooting had unfolded outside a Family Dollar while customers remained inside the store. Miller had been sitting in a Chevrolet Monte Carlo parked in front of the business when another man approached and opened fire into the car, striking him twice.

Responding officers and medics found Miller’s wounds were fatal amid a chaotic scene of store lights and panicked witnesses. Investigators reported two suspects fled in a black SUV heading north, indicating the shooter did not leave alone. Initial reports did not describe a motive or prior confrontation, and listings tracking Indianapolis homicides from that period did not name a suspect or record arrests or charges.

Anyone who remembers that night or saw a black SUV near East 21st Street and Arlington Avenue is asked to come forward with information.