In the early morning hours of May 6, 2020, in Seymour, Indiana, 28-year-old Ryan Joseph Ross was shot and killed inside an apartment at the Sycamore Springs complex, 2710 Bent Tree Lane. Ross had gone to the apartment for a child exchange with his former girlfriend, Dakota Anderson. Shortly after Anderson let him inside, Ross was shot multiple times and was found near the front door when deputies arrived at about 5:37 a.m.

Thirty-year-old Tobias Au of Hope, who was in a relationship with Anderson and had arrived at the residence just before Ross, was the person who called the sheriff’s department to report the shooting. Two young children, including Ross’s child, were inside the apartment during the incident. Au and Anderson were taken to the sheriff’s department for interviews, and investigators arrested Au on a preliminary charge of murder after processing the scene and reviewing interviews.

Authorities said a protective order had been put in place requiring Ross to stay away from Anderson, though it was not confirmed whether he had been served; Anderson apparently allowed Ross to visit for the child exchange. Does anyone have information about the events at the Sycamore Springs apartment that morning?