On the early morning of Sunday, August 19, 2018, Indianapolis police responded just before 4:15 a.m. to the 6100 block of Nimitz Drive on the city’s east side after a report of a person shot. Officers found a male inside a parked vehicle with an apparent gunshot wound. Emergency medical personnel attended him, but he was pronounced dead at the scene. The victim was identified as 35-year-old Trancito Montenegro.

Homicide detectives and forensic teams processed the scene and canvassed for witnesses in the quiet overnight hours. The case was entered into public unsolved-homicide and crime-solver listings for Indiana; no suspects or arrests were publicly named in connection with the shooting.

If anyone heard or saw anything that night on Nimitz Drive or has information about Trancito Montenegro’s death, please share what you know with investigators.