In the early moments of a Monday morning in November 2017, the life of 32-year-old Toshika Boler, a female resident of Indianapolis, was tragically cut short in a hail of gunfire. Just after midnight on November 13th, Boler and a companion, 26-year-old Trevon Harris, were inside a vehicle at a Phillips 66 gas station located at the corner of 34th Street and North Keystone Avenue.
It was in this seemingly ordinary setting that an assailant or assailants unleashed a barrage of bullets, riddling the car and striking both occupants.
First responders arrived at a chaotic scene marked by dozens of evidence markers indicating the sheer number of shell casings. Harris was pronounced dead at the location, while Boler was rushed to a nearby hospital, succumbing to her injuries shortly after. The brazen and violent nature of the attack led family members of the victims to describe it as an ambush, with one relative of Harris stating it felt like a 'hit-style' killing. The motive for the shooting was not immediately clear, leaving friends and family in a state of shock and disbelief.
In the wake of the double homicide, investigators from the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department began the arduous task of piecing together the events of that fatal morning. Detectives expressed hope that surveillance footage from the gas station would provide crucial leads in identifying the person or persons responsible for the brutal killings. Authorities publicly appealed for information from the community, urging anyone with knowledge of the incident to come forward and contact Crime Stoppers.
Despite the initial investigation and the pleas for public assistance, the case grew cold. Online sources and news reports in the years following the murders of Toshika Boler and Trevon Harris contain no information about any arrests being made or any suspects being publicly identified. The violent deaths of the two individuals remain an unsolved chapter in the city's history, leaving a lingering sense of injustice for their families and the community, with no individuals having been held accountable for the tragic loss of life.
