In the autumn of 2021, 22-year-old Michael James was one of three young men fatally shot and found in a grassy area near South Meridian Street and West Hanna Avenue in Indianapolis. The bodies of Michael James, Abdulla Mubarak, 17, and Joseph Thomas, 18, were discovered on the evening of October 12 after an off-duty police officer working security at a construction site made the discovery.

Investigators identified a 16-year-old, Caden Smith, as a person of interest after tracing communications between him and the victims prior to the killings. A search warrant at Smith’s home produced what police believed to be the murder weapon, and he was taken into custody. In early December 2021 the Marion County Prosecutor’s Office announced Smith would be charged as an adult on multiple counts, including three counts of murder, three counts of felony murder, and related weapons and drug charges.

Was anyone in the neighborhood or passing through South Meridian Street and West Hanna Avenue on October 12 aware of anything suspicious that evening?