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On the evening of July 2, 2015, 20-year-old Tavin Yeakey was shot while playing a dice game with three others on Lynn Street in Indianapolis. A white cargo van drove by and occupants opened fire; all four people at the scene were struck. Yeakey suffered a fatal gunshot wound to the head and was taken to Eskenazi Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

Investigation tied a suspect, 22-year-old Steven Eldridge Jr, to the van. Investigators found his fingerprints on the vehicle and recovered shell casings inside that matched casings found on Lynn Street. Eldridge was arrested and charged with murder and attempted murder, but later pleaded guilty to a lesser count of assisting a criminal who committed murder; the higher charges were dismissed. He received a six-year sentence and also was sentenced for carrying a handgun without a license.

Did anyone who knew Tavin or who was in that neighborhood that night see the white cargo van or notice anything unusual on Lynn Street?