Charles Lemon, a 25-year-old African American man from Indianapolis, was one of two people fatally shot inside a vehicle on the city’s northeast side just before midnight on December 19, 2018. Officers who answered reports of gunfire found Lemon and another 25-year-old man, Johnny Coleman, unresponsive in a car in the 3100 block of North Riley Avenue near Emerson Avenue and East 32nd Street. Both sustained multiple gunshot wounds and were pronounced dead at the scene; the Marion County Coroner’s Office ruled their deaths homicides.

Detectives canvassed the neighborhood and appealed to the public, but the investigation stalled early and produced no publicly identified suspects or arrests. The motive for the attack has not been established, leaving the double homicide unresolved. If anyone knew Charles Lemon, Johnny Coleman, or has information about the shooting or the area that night, please come forward.