On the afternoon of May 17, 2019, gunfire rang out in a west-side Indianapolis neighborhood near South Whitcomb Avenue, West Washington Street and South Lyndhurst Drive. A resident heard nearly a dozen shots and scrambled for cover. When officers arrived they found 22-year-old DaVon Antwuan Davis in a backyard with fatal gunshot wounds; he was pronounced dead at the scene. A second man in his 20s was also shot, suffered leg injuries, and was taken to a hospital.

Crime lab technicians recovered more than a dozen shell casings at the scene and detectives canvassed the area, but police did not release information about suspects or a motive. DaVon, known to friends and family as D.A., was remembered in his obituary as having attended local schools and having a passion for basketball.