A birthday party in Indianapolis ended in homicide on April 6, 2018, when 27-year-old David Starks Jr. was shot at the home of his stepfather, Leonard Booker. The gathering had turned tense after Booker became intoxicated and argued with his wife, Starks’ mother. Starks arrived and, according to witnesses, tried to calm Booker and tell him not to disrespect his mother. The confrontation escalated into a physical struggle and Booker produced a firearm and shot Starks.

Officers from the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department responded around 9:15 p.m. and found Starks outside the house with a gunshot wound. He was taken to a hospital and died shortly after arrival. Booker was detained at the scene and arrested the next day. He was initially charged with murder; a jury later convicted him of Level 2 felony voluntary manslaughter and a judge sentenced him to 25 years, with five years suspended to probation. An appeal was filed challenging a confession, but the conviction was affirmed on the grounds that a subsequent, properly Mirandized confession and eyewitness testimony supported the verdict.

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