Omari Dominique Kohn, 24, was shot and killed in the early morning hours of January 12, 2020. Indianapolis Metropolitan Police responded just before 3:30 a.m. to the 5900 block of Bastille Lane in the Lafayette Villas neighborhood on the city’s northwest side and found Kohn with apparent gunshot wounds; emergency medical personnel pronounced him deceased at the scene. His death was recorded as Indianapolis’s 10th homicide of 2020.

Originally from Benton Harbor, Michigan, Kohn graduated from Benton Harbor High School in 2013, where he participated in band, JROTC, and track, and later served in the U.S. Navy before settling in Indianapolis. Friends and family remembered him as goofy, fun, loving, polite, and mannerable.

IMPD homicide detectives opened an investigation immediately, but no public information about suspects or arrests has been released and the case remains unsolved. If anyone knew Omari or has information that could help the investigation, please share what was seen or heard.