On January 9, 2019, around 4:20 a.m., officers responded to a report of a person shot at the Woodlake Apartments on the north side of Indianapolis, 7400 block of Merganser Drive. They found a running vehicle with 19-year-old Svitlana Novotney inside; she was suffering from apparent gunshot wounds and was pronounced dead at the scene. Neighbors said they heard arguing before what some described as a muffled gunshot, and one resident who saw the car called 911.

Homicide detectives collected evidence and canvassed the community as Novotney’s death became the city’s third homicide of the new year. The motive and any relationship between Novotney and a named suspect have not been publicly disclosed.

If anyone in the Woodlake Apartments area that morning has information about the arguing or the vehicle, please share what was seen or heard.