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Charles Lovelady Jr.

Case from Indianapolis, IN dated Oct 12, 2024

Victim Details

Charles Lovelady Jr.

Male

Black / African American

Indianapolis

IN

2024-10-12

28

Charles

Lovelady Jr.

07/06/2026

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In the early morning hours of October 12, 2024, the life of 28-year-old Charles Lovelady Jr., a male resident of Indianapolis, Indiana, was tragically cut short in a burst of gunfire. Lovelady was driving his Cadillac Escalade with his girlfriend in the passenger seat near the Indiana University Indianapolis campus when the fatal encounter occurred. Just after 3 a.m., as they were stopped at a light on Indiana Avenue, another vehicle pulled alongside them, and shots were fired. Lovelady was crit ...
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  • WTTV CBS4Indy: Indianapolis shooting victim’s family disputes police’s ‘running gun battle theory’
  • Fox 59: 2 shot, 1 killed during ‘gun battle’ in downtown Indianapolis
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