Cornelius Dent, 33, was shot and killed on the evening of September 3, 2018, at a northwest-side apartment complex in Indianapolis. Emergency responders pronounced him dead at the scene; the Marion County Coroner attributed his death to gunshot wounds. The Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department opened the case as a homicide and carried out canvasses and witness searches early in the inquiry.

Friends and family remember Dent as a business owner and handyman with a joyful nature and kind spirit. No arrests or publicly identified suspects have been announced, and the case is listed among the city’s unsolved homicides for 2018. Any details about who was responsible or what led to the shooting remain unknown.

If anyone has information about Dent, the evening of September 3, 2018, or the northwest-side apartment complex, please come forward with tips.