On April 19, 2021, at about 2:30 p.m., Savage Trent Jones, 35, was fatally shot on the north side of Indianapolis on Baltimore Avenue. Jones, originally from Laurel, Mississippi and living in Indianapolis since 1991, was found lying in the street after someone in another vehicle opened fire on the car he and 34-year-old Clarence January were in; January was found in the driver’s seat. Both men were pronounced dead at the scene.

Jones was a father who enjoyed cooking and had hoped to train as a chef. No arrests have been announced and the shooter or shooters fled in a vehicle; no motive has been released. Family members have held vigils and memorials while the investigation remains open.

If anyone has information about the shooting or remembers seeing anything on Baltimore Avenue that afternoon, please come forward to the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department.