Carl Petroff, an 88-year-old Korean War Army veteran and former owner of the Shar-Mar Social Club, was found dead in his home on the 2500 block of Union Street on Indianapolis’ south side on Tuesday, July 9, 2019. A friend discovered him unconscious and emergency personnel pronounced him dead; initial scene observations suggested trauma and the coroner later ruled the cause of death a gunshot wound.

Petroff lived alone and had a caregiver who visited him. Neighbors remembered him as sweet and generous and said he had seemed to be improving after a recent illness. Despite an IMPD homicide investigation and leads developed at the time, no arrests were announced and the case has gone cold.

Did anyone in the neighborhood remember seeing unusual people or vehicles near Union Street around July 9, 2019?