Martel ’Chicago’ Thomas, 34, was found fatally shot in an alley in the 1000 block of N. Rural Street in Indianapolis on the morning of May 7, 2017. A passerby discovered the body just before 8:00 a.m.; when officers arrived near 10th and Rural Streets Thomas was pronounced dead at the scene from a gunshot wound.

IMPD Homicide detectives led the investigation and public appeals asked anyone with information to contact Crime Stoppers of Central Indiana. A warrant was issued in December 2017 for 21-year-old Dionte Owens in connection with the killing, and Owens was arrested by IMPD Violent Crimes Unit officers working with a U.S. Marshals task force in the 300 block of N. Oakland Avenue on February 15, 2018. Thomas’s funeral was held May 20, 2017, at Universal Ministries Worldwide.

If anyone knew Martel Thomas or witnessed activity around 10th and Rural Streets on May 7, 2017, please share what you remember.