On August 29, 2022, 19-year-old male Tyrese LaMont Temple was found deceased in Indianapolis, Indiana, following a report of violence. Officers with the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department responded to the scene, where they discovered Temple suffering from fatal gunshot wounds. Despite the arrival of emergency personnel, he was pronounced dead, marking another instance of gun violence in the city that summer.
The incident reportedly occurred during a timeframe described in local news as a particularly violent period, with multiple other shootings and casualties reported in the area around the same weekend.
Known to friends and family as 'Lil Reese,' Temple was a former student at Lawrence Central High School and was pursuing a path in the music industry at the time of his death. Loved ones and community members shared memories of his aspiring career and personal character on online memorial pages, lighting candles and leaving tributes that highlighted his role as a son, brother, and friend. Services were later held in his honor at the Williams & Bluitt Funeral Home in Indianapolis, where family gathered to mourn the loss of the young man whose life was cut short just months after his nineteenth birthday.
As of the available public records and news updates following the incident, no specific suspect has been named or charged in connection with Temple's murder. While there were arrests made for other homicides in Indianapolis around the same time—including high-profile cases involving other young men named Tyrese—investigators have not publicly announced an arrest specifically for the killing of Tyrese LaMont Temple. The case remains part of the city's broader catalogue of homicide investigations from 2022.
