In the early morning hours of September 19, 2009, a burst of gunfire shattered the quiet outside the Augusta Plaza strip mall on the northwest side of Indianapolis. When the echoes of the shots faded, 29-year-old D'Angelo Antwon Toney Sr., a Black male, lay dying in the parking lot. Two other men, aged 36 and 25, were also struck by bullets and were rushed to a local hospital in critical condition.
The triple shooting occurred shortly after 2 a.m.
near the intersection of 71st Street and Michigan Road. Investigators reported that several shots had been fired while the three men were standing together in the parking lot. After being hit, Toney ran a short distance before collapsing on a sidewalk, where he was pronounced dead. At the time of the incident, most of the businesses in the strip mall were closed, with the exception of a nightclub. Police focused their initial investigation on whether there was a connection between the club and the shooting, looking into whether the victims had been inside or had interacted with anyone there.
In the immediate aftermath, detectives worked the scene, but struggled to find solid leads. They received reports of various vehicles seen leaving the area, but nothing concrete enough to identify a suspect or a getaway car. The police acknowledged the challenge they faced, with no clear description of the shooter or shooters. They planned to review surveillance footage from the area in hopes of gleaning more information about what transpired.
Despite the initial investigation and appeals to the public for information, the case of D'Angelo Toney's death has grown cold over the years. Publicly available information and crime-solving websites indicate that there have been no arrests made in connection with the shooting, and no suspects have been publicly identified. The details surrounding a criminal investigation remain limited, leaving the violent death of the young father an unsolved homicide. His passing was one of many that year that contributed to the city's struggle with gun violence. D'Angelo Toney was remembered by his family as a loving father who was tragically taken, leaving behind children and loved ones to mourn his unsolved murder.
