On the evening of July 26, 2015, Brian Gerrard, 34, was found with gunshot wounds in the 9000 block of East 39th Place in Indianapolis. He was taken to a hospital but died of his injuries. Initial reports left the circumstances of the shooting unclear; Gerrard is described as a loving father and friend.

Detectives with the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department identified 25-year-old Dontee R. Tanyhill as a suspect and obtained an arrest warrant. Believed to have fled the state, Tanyhill was located by the U.S. Marshals Service in Lexington, Kentucky, and brought back to Indianapolis. In July 2016 a jury found Tanyhill guilty, and he was sentenced in August 2016. Motive for the killing was not extensively reported.