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Demetrius Starts

Case from Indianapolis, IN dated Feb 19, 2025

Victim Details

Demetrius Starts

Male

Black / African American

Indianapolis

IN

2025-02-19

21

Demetrius

Starts

07/17/2026

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In the early afternoon of February 19, 2025, a grim discovery was made on the south side of Indianapolis. A passerby stumbled upon a car with its door ajar behind the Greenwood Place Shopping Center in the 7600 block of Shelby Street. Inside the vehicle, authorities found the body of 21-year-old Demetrius Starks, a male who had sustained fatal gunshot wounds. The Marion County Coroner's office would later rule his death a homicide, prompting an intensive investigation by the Indianapolis Metropo ...
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  • WRTV Indianapolis: IMPD: 21-year-old man found shot to death in vehicle near south side shopping center
  • https://fox59.com/news/indycrime/body-found-in-backseat-of-car-on-indys-south-side-death-ruled-a-homicide/
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