On the evening of May 27, 2019, officers responded to reports of gunfire at the Hawthorne Place Apartments on the east side of Indianapolis, in the 5200 block of Butler Terrace near 33rd Street and Emerson Avenue. First responders found a 19-year-old male suffering apparent gunshot wounds; medics transported him to a local hospital where he died the next day, May 28, 2019.

The Marion County Coroner identified the victim as D’Angelo L. Settles, known to family and friends as D-Lo. He was described by loved ones as a ray of sunshine who loved sports cars and had worked several jobs as a teenager to support his interests. He attended local public schools and was a member of the First Philemon House of Prayer. Services were handled by Stuart Mortuary and he was buried at New Crown Cemetery.

Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department detectives opened a homicide investigation; no motive, suspect description, or arrest was released and public homicide databases listed the case as unsolved. If anyone knew D’Angelo or has information about the shooting, please come forward.