On the morning of October 4, 2020, a large gathering near the Grand nightclub at Ritter Avenue and Massachusetts Avenue on Indianapolis’s east side was shattered by gunfire just after 3 a.m. Twenty-seven-year-old James William Upshaw, known as Baby James and a 2011 graduate of Sister Thea Bowman High School, was among three people killed at the scene; Juan Reveria, 32, and Shanya E. Jones, 33, also died.

Investigators reported at least 50 shell casings at the location, and four other people were treated at a nearby hospital for gunshot wounds that night. Police canvassed the area and sought witnesses, but no public announcement of arrests or identified suspects has been made. Upshaw was a father to seven children and was buried October 15, 2020, at Oak Hill Cemetery following a service at Tree of Life Missionary Baptist Church.

If anyone was at the gathering or has information about what happened that night, please come forward to help the family find answers.