A roommate returning to a Westbrook Avenue home in Indianapolis found 27-year-old LaDon D. Perry shot to death inside the residence in the early hours of February 9, 2021. Medics pronounced Perry dead at the scene near Interstate 70 and the Sam Jones Expressway around 1 a.m. The killing remained without a public breakthrough for more than three years as detectives continued the investigation.

In October 2024 a grand jury returned an indictment charging Davante Howard with Perry’s murder and robbery; the indictment alleges the motive was the robbery of a rifle. Howard had previously pleaded guilty in 2022 to federal firearms charges and had been serving a two-year federal sentence before being transferred back to Marion County to face the new indictment. Howard was arrested on the indictment and is being held without bond pending his initial court hearing.

Does anyone have information about Perry, his time on Westbrook Avenue, or the events of February 9, 2021?