On May 31, 2020, 18-year-old Dorian Murrell, a Black male, was shot and killed near Market and Pennsylvania Streets in downtown Indianapolis during protests. He was unarmed, was taken to a nearby hospital, and died of a single gunshot wound to the heart. The shooting occurred about 2:30 a.m.

Twenty-nine-year-old Tyler Newby, a white man, turned himself in shortly after the shooting, surrendered the handgun, and told a Marion County Sheriff’s deputy I don’t know who I need to tell, but I just shot somebody. Newby said he had been shoved to the ground and fired because he feared being punched; a witness said Murrell was unarmed and no punches were thrown, and Newby told investigators Murrell had not spoken to or hit him.

Newby was initially charged with murder; an October 2021 jury trial ended in a hung jury. After an added voluntary manslaughter charge, an October 2022 one-day bench trial resulted in a conviction for reckless homicide. In November 2022 Newby was sentenced to one year of home detention and four years of probation. Does anyone have information about Dorian’s last movements that could shed light on what happened that night?