In the winter of 2023, a quiet Indianapolis home on Wellwood Drive became the scene of a heart-wrenching tragedy. On the morning of Friday, February 17, 2023, police responded to a report of a shooting and discovered the bodies of 20-year-old Collin Huddleston and 53-year-old Kimberly Huddleston. Both individuals had sustained apparent gunshot wounds and were pronounced dead at the scene, leaving a community to grapple with the sudden and violent loss.
Collin, born on August 29, 2002, was a young man of 20 at the time of his death.
As homicide detectives began their investigation, they quickly determined that the shooting was not a random act of violence. A person of interest, who was known to the victims, was soon identified. The investigation took a dramatic turn in the early morning hours when officers located the man, 35-year-old Steven Huddleston, outside a house on South McClure Street. As law enforcement approached him, Steven Huddleston shot himself.
He was transported to a local hospital in critical condition and ultimately succumbed to his self-inflicted injuries on the following Monday. The Marion County Coroner's Office later ruled his death a suicide. The deaths of Collin and Kimberly Huddleston were investigated as a double homicide, with the person of interest, Steven Huddleston, taking his own life before any formal charges could be brought against him. The investigation concluded without any arrests due to the death of the sole suspect.
