On the evening of June 15, 2021, 15-year-old Keleante Brewer was walking with his younger brother and friends toward a nearby church to play basketball in the 9800 block of Ellis Drive on Indianapolis’ northeast side. Around 8 p.m., a passing car made a U-turn and shots were fired from the vehicle. Keleante was struck, taken to hospital in critical condition, and later died of his injuries.

A student at the James and Rosemary Phalen Leadership Academy, he was remembered by school staff and family as an excellent student from a close family, who loved sports — especially basketball — and dreamed of becoming a rapper. Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department investigated but had not identified suspects or announced arrests as of June 2022; the motive was described as elusive and the shooting appeared random. His family continued to plead for an end to senseless gun violence, and less than three weeks later his cousin Jamarvyan Brewer was killed in a separate shooting.

If anyone has information about the shooting on Ellis Drive that night, please share what you know.