A near northeast side Indianapolis neighborhood was shaken by gunfire just after 8 p.m. on October 6, 2021, near East 30th and Caroline streets. Officers from the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department found 34-year-old Carlos Starks with critical gunshot wounds; he was taken to IU Health Methodist Hospital and died later that evening.

Detectives initially had few leads. The case was transferred to the IMPD Homicide Office, which appealed for anyone with information to come forward.

If anyone saw activity in the area that evening or has information about Carlos Starks’s death, please contact the IMPD Homicide Office.