James Braydon King, 23, was fatally shot inside an apartment in the 5200 block of Canterbury Drive in Muncie, Indiana, on the afternoon of Thursday, July 22, 2021. Muncie police responded to shots fired at about 2:30 p.m. and found King inside with a gunshot wound; he was pronounced dead at the scene.

Born January 20, 1998, in Muncie, King was a Muncie Central High School graduate who earned an Associate’s Degree from Ivy Tech Community College. He was described as a musician, songwriter, and poet, and is remembered as a father, son, brother, and grandson.

The Muncie Police Department opened an investigation and asked anyone with information to contact them. No motive or suspect information has been publicly released. Did anyone in the community see or hear anything that afternoon that could help investigators?