Ricardo Jesus Mendez was 26 when he was killed in a deadly exchange of gunfire inside a residence on Blue Pine Lane in Indianapolis on November 13, 2018. Police say the confrontation began when 24-year-old Robert Lee entered the home with a handgun and announced a robbery; an occupant returned fire and a shootout followed. Both Mendez, a resident, and Lee died; two other people at the scene were wounded.

Investigators described the event as a targeted, drug-related robbery rather than a random act, and linked the incident to drug trafficking activity between Indianapolis and Gary, Indiana. Officers collected physical evidence and witness statements at the scene. Because the principal participants in the shooting were deceased, no further arrests were made in connection with the deaths.

Did anyone in the area know Ricardo or have information about the drug trafficking ties investigators mentioned?