A family gathering near 62nd and Keystone in Indianapolis turned deadly on May 25, 2019, when 30-year-old Stanley Fields was shot and later died of wounds to his stomach and side. Fields had just celebrated his 30th birthday ten days earlier and was a father of four with a fifth child expected. The shooting followed an altercation between two cousins at the event. The Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department responded and one person was taken into custody for questioning but later released without charges.

The IMPD initially did not treat the death as a criminal murder and the matter was referred to the Marion County prosecutor’s office to decide on possible charges. If anyone attended that gathering or has information about what happened that night, please come forward.