A sense of unease fell over a near northeast side Indianapolis neighborhood on the evening of October 6, 2021. Just after 8 p.m., the sound of gunfire pierced the air near the intersection of East 30th and Caroline streets. When officers from the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department arrived at the scene, they found a man, later identified as 34-year-old Carlos Starks, with critical gunshot wounds.
Starks was rushed to IU Health Methodist Hospital, but the severity of his injuries
proved to be fatal, and he died later that evening. The initial investigation into the shooting left detectives with few leads. At the time of the incident, police had not identified a suspect or determined a motive for the violence that ended the life of Carlos Starks. The case was handed over to the IMPD Homicide Office, which urged anyone with information to come forward. There have been no subsequent public announcements regarding any arrests or the identification of any suspects in the ongoing investigation into his death.
