A late-night dispute at a Lawrence Waffle House ended in gunfire and the death of 22-year-old Robert Howard of Indianapolis. Officers were called to the restaurant in the 7200 block of Pendleton Pike shortly before 3 a.m. on March 25, 2021. Investigators found Howard in the parking lot with at least one gunshot wound; he died at the scene despite emergency response.

Police said the confrontation began inside the restaurant and moved outside, and that the people involved knew one another rather than the shooting being random. Two individuals fled the scene immediately after shots were fired. In the days after the killing officers asked the public for help; news reports since then have not reported arrests or identified suspects.

If anyone was at the Waffle House that night or has information about who left the scene, please share what is known.