Dominique Butler was 23 when he was killed on the evening of Saturday, December 28, 2013, in Indianapolis. Officers and emergency medical services responded to the 3600 block of North Gladstone Avenue on the city’s northeast side and found Butler unresponsive in the front yard of a residence just after 7:30 p.m.; he had sustained at least one gunshot wound and was pronounced dead at the scene. His death was one of three unrelated homicides in Indianapolis that day.

Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department detectives canvassed the area and opened a homicide investigation, but initial reports gave no suspect name or description. Appeals for information were made, yet subsequent accounts have not reported arrests or identification of a suspect. If anyone knew Dominique, saw activity near North Gladstone Avenue that night, or has information that could help the investigation, please come forward to the authorities.