A late-evening shooting at the Welcome Inn on North Shadeland Avenue in Indianapolis on October 5, 2021, left two men dead. Officers who responded around 10:30 p.m. found 28-year-old Dailon Downing pronounced dead at the scene and 33-year-old Aaron Christopher Edward Hamilton transported to Eskenazi Hospital, where his injuries proved fatal. The Marion County Coroner’s Office confirmed Hamilton and Downing were related.

Aaron Hamilton was born in Indianapolis on March 25, 1988. He worked as a self-contractor, volunteered with Circle City Relief and outreach ministry, loved dogs, and is survived by seven children and a large family. Investigators linked a third man who arrived at Community East Hospital with a gunshot wound to the incident and have identified a person of interest, but no arrests have been announced. The motive and the events that led to the shooting have not been released.

Does anyone have information about that night or knew Aaron and his family who might share details with investigators?