Herbert H. Dillard, a 34-year-old Black man from Indianapolis, was killed in a predawn burst of gunfire on August 7, 2014. Police found him just before 4 a.m. lying in the street near Roosevelt Avenue and Valley Avenue, not far from Keystone and Rural, suffering from multiple gunshot wounds; shell casings were scattered nearby. He was pronounced dead on the pavement.

Notices for services gave his birthdate as February 15, 1980, and listed his children, mother, siblings, and extended family. A visitation and homegoing celebration were held August 14, 2014, at Williams & Bluitt Funeral Home’s Peoples Chapel, with burial at New Crown Cemetery. No suspect is publicly named and no arrest, charge, trial, or conviction is described in connection with the killing.

If anyone has information about the shooting near Roosevelt and Valley Avenue in the early hours of August 7, 2014, please come forward.