Roger Keith Smith Jr. was killed in a shooting on the south side of Indianapolis in the early morning hours of February 4, 2019. He was 39, known to friends and family as 3 Lil Rog or R, and worked as a labor foreman in construction. Officers with the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department responded to the 4400 block of South Meridian Street around 12:43 a.m. after reports of a shooting; Smith was found with apparent gunshot wounds and later died from his injuries.

Detectives from the IMPD Homicide Branch investigated the death. Initial reports did not identify a perpetrator, but crime-tracking updates later indicated an arrest had been made and the case was classified as solved by police action. Smith was survived by his father, children and siblings, and was remembered by friends and family for his personality, loyalty and work ethic.

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