An argument in a Shadeland Inn motel room on Indianapolis’ east side on the night of April 13, 2017, turned into an exchange of gunfire that left 18-year-old Lawrence Barnes dead. Barnes, an Indianapolis resident, was fatally wounded during the shootout and his identity was confirmed by the Marion County coroner the next morning.

Another man involved in the dispute was also shot and later arrived at Community Hospital East; detectives questioned him as a person of interest. Four toddlers were inside the motel room during the shooting but were found physically unharmed. The Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department handled the investigation, and no arrests or charges have been publicly reported in connection with Barnes’s death.

If anyone has information about what happened at the Shadeland Inn that night, please share what you know.