Alvin Wesley Butler, a 24-year-old Black man, was killed on the east side of Indianapolis on Wednesday, June 26, 2019. According to witnesses, Butler was inside a vehicle in the 7200 block of East 35th Street in late morning when a person in a separate vehicle opened fire. A single gunshot struck Butler; he later died at a local hospital.

The Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department treated the incident as a criminal homicide and launched an investigation. The motive and the events that led to the shooting remain unclear.

If anyone saw the shooting or has information about vehicles or people in the area that morning, please come forward to help Butler’s family and investigators.