A burst of gunfire ended a young life in a parking lot on the north side of Indianapolis. Travon D. Bickham, 24, was critically wounded during what police described as a gunfight that erupted inside a vehicle on the evening of July 6, 2021. The exchange of gunfire stopped in the Wendy’s parking lot on East 86th Street; first responders found Bickham around 7:30 p.m., and he later died at a hospital.

At least one other person in the car was seriously injured and taken to a different hospital. After the shooting one person got out of the vehicle at the scene while the driver continued on to another shopping area and was subsequently taken to the hospital. The Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department opened a homicide investigation and has asked the public for tips, but no suspects have been publicly identified and no arrests have been announced.

If anyone was in that shopping area that evening or has information about the vehicle, the people involved, or the altercation inside the car, please come forward.