Late on the night of November 24, 2025, police were called to the 700 block of Turtle Creek North Drive on the south side of Indianapolis after neighbors reported gunfire coming from an apartment at the Brookwood complex. Officers from the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department arrived just before midnight and found 26-year-old Amanda Sheree Jones inside the residence suffering from multiple gunshot wounds.
She was pronounced dead shortly thereafter, with the Marion County Coroner later formally identifying her and listing the date of the shooting as November 24, 2025. Public reports describe her as a young woman from Indianapolis and a devoted mother whose life was abruptly taken in her own home.
At the time of the shooting, Amanda’s 2-year-old child was inside the apartment. Police found the child unharmed and turned the case over to the Department of Child Services so that the child’s immediate safety and care could be addressed while the homicide investigation moved forward. In the hours after the crime, investigators canvassed the complex and the surrounding neighborhood for witnesses and surveillance footage, trying to piece together who had come and gone from the apartment in the minutes before the gunfire. The scene added an extra layer of urgency and grief for first responders, who emphasized that the killing had occurred just feet from a very young child.
Local coverage and family interviews suggest the shooting may have been connected to an ongoing domestic situation rather than a random act. A detailed community report from WRTV notes that officers had been called to the same address multiple times before Amanda was killed, including a call less than nine hours earlier for issues described as harassment, domestic disturbances, and a violation of a protection order. Court records referenced in that report show that a felony intimidation charge associated with the situation had once been filed but was later dismissed. A cousin told reporters that Amanda had repeatedly sought help and filed multiple police reports, warning that nothing would be done until something terrible happened—words that now read as an eerie, heartbreaking prediction of her own fate.
In the days after her death, online tributes and obituary-style posts painted a fuller picture of who Amanda was beyond the crime scene. Community write-ups describe her as a gentle, nurturing presence who poured her energy into raising her child, creating routines and small traditions that made their apartment feel like a warm and stable home. Friends and neighbors recalled her kindness, saying she was the type of person who made others feel seen, whether through a quick conversation outside the building or a simple gesture of support. As news of the killing spread, social media and local memorial pages filled with condolences, memories and expressions of anger that someone so young and centered on her family could be taken in such a violent way.
Investigators have treated the case as an active homicide inquiry from the outset. Multiple outlets report that two people were detained at the scene or soon afterward as persons of interest and questioned by detectives, but they were later released. As of the latest available reporting, police have not announced any formal arrests or publicly identified a suspect or suspects in the shooting. Homicide trackers and gun-violence memorial sites list Amanda among Indianapolis homicide victims for 2025, noting that her case remains unsolved and that detectives continue to ask anyone with information to contact the IMPD Homicide Office or Crime Stoppers. In the absence of an arrest, community commentary has focused heavily on questions of domestic-violence response, whether earlier interventions might have changed the outcome, and a shared hope that whoever is responsible for Amanda’s death will eventually be identified and held accountable.
