On April 16, 2014, 29-year-old Ronald Howard was found inside a car near 30th Street and Massachusetts Avenue on Indianapolis’ Northeastside with a fatal gunshot wound. Responding officers reported the scene suggested drug-related activity may have been a contributing factor. Another person was wounded in the same shooting and survived.

Investigators arrested a 23-year-old man less than two weeks after the killing; the accused was identified as Deandre Kendrick. The case proceeded to trial and resulted in a conviction for Kendrick. He was sentenced in June 2016 for the murder of Ronald Howard.