In the late evening hours of October 1, 2018, police in Indianapolis, Indiana, were called to a scene of violence on the city's near east side. Officers arrived at the 3100 block of East 10th Street, near the intersection with Gray Street, responding to reports of a person shot. It was there, around 9:49 p.m., that they discovered the body of Karen Groves.
The 58-year-old Black female had sustained fatal gunshot wounds, marking a tragic end to her life in the publicly visible area just south of the interstate.
Investigators immediately secured the area, launching a homicide investigation into the circumstances surrounding the shooting. Despite the efforts of the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department to canvas the neighborhood for witnesses and evidence, the timeline of events leading up to the shooting remained unclear in the immediate aftermath. The location, a busy corridor in the city, became the center of a probe as detectives sought to piece together who might have targeted her and why.
In the years following the incident, the case has remained classified as an unsolved homicide. Public records and crime databases from the time indicate that no suspects were apprehended in connection with her death. While other violent crimes in the area during that period resulted in arrests and convictions, the investigation into the killing of Karen Groves did not yield a similar resolution, leaving the case open and without filed charges against any individuals.
