On October 23, 2018, shortly after 12:30 a.m., 39-year-old Byron Miller was shot on the east side of Indianapolis in the 500 block of North Rural Street. Officers responding to calls of a person shot found Miller with gunshot wounds; he was taken to a local hospital and later died of his injuries.

Witnesses said the shooting followed a heated argument. Miller reportedly confronted his neighbor, Perise Fowler, about an earlier incident in which Fowler had allegedly struck Miller’s girlfriend and another woman who was pregnant. During the confrontation Fowler produced a handgun and shot Miller in the chest, then fled. Investigators later found a handgun hidden in a doghouse at the residence where Fowler had been staying.

A warrant was issued for Fowler, who was arrested in Alabama on December 4, 2018, and returned to Indianapolis to face murder and related charges. If anyone knew Byron Miller or has information about the events that night, please share what you know.