Alyjah Mahammad, 19, was shot and killed on the northeast side of Indianapolis on the evening of Friday, January 5, 2018. Officers responded to the 4000 block of North Edmondson Avenue, near East 42nd Street and North Post Road, after reports of a person shot and found Mahammad inside a vehicle with fatal gunshot wounds. Emergency medical responders pronounced him dead at the scene and the Marion County Coroner ruled the death a homicide.

The Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department opened a homicide investigation, canvassing the area for witnesses and evidence. At the time of the initial reports no suspects had been publicly identified and no motive was released. If anyone saw activity near North Edmondson Avenue on the night of January 5, 2018, or has information about this shooting, please come forward.