On February 8, 2012, law enforcement officials in Indianapolis, Indiana, responded to a report of a vehicle collision on the city’s northeast side. Upon arriving at the 4100 block of East 35th Street, officers discovered a car that had crashed into a tree. Inside the vehicle were two occupants who had sustained injuries inconsistent with a mere traffic accident. It was determined that the driver, 38-year-old Vincent D. Evans, a Black male, and a second unidentified victim had been shot.
Investigators established that the vehicle was traveling eastbound when the shooting occurred, causing the driver to lose control and strike the tree.
Detectives with the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department launched a homicide investigation, treating the incident as a double murder. Early forensic analysis and evidence gathered at the scene led authorities to rule out the possibility of a murder-suicide, pointing instead to an external attack. The prevailing theory developed by investigators suggested that the shooting was likely the result of an attempted robbery. Despite the violent nature of the crime and the recovery of the vehicle, the specific sequence of events leading up to the gunfire remained difficult to piece together without eyewitness testimony.
Vincent Evans, known to friends and family as "Vino," was a local entrepreneur who had owned and operated a mobile car wash business for six years prior to his death. He was remembered as a dedicated family man, leaving behind a wife and children. The sudden loss shocked his community and those who knew him through his work. In the years following the incident, his family has continued to seek answers, hoping that fresh leads might eventually emerge to clarify why he was targeted that winter day.
As of the last available updates, the case remains unsolved with no arrests having been made in connection with the deaths of Evans or the second victim. Police have periodically renewed calls for assistance from the public, urging anyone with information about the shooting or the events preceding the crash to contact Crime Stoppers. The investigation remains open as a cold case, with authorities continuing to seek the evidence necessary to identify the perpetrators and bring charges.
