Eric Imani Jordan was a 19-year-old Black male from Indianapolis, Indiana, whose last afternoon unfolded in the open air of an apartment complex parking lot on the city’s far east side. On January 30, 2017, police were dispatched to the 3000 block of Bavarian East Drive at about 3:30 p.m. after a report of gunfire. When officers arrived, they found Jordan down in the lot, wounded by at least one gunshot. He was rushed to Eskenazi Hospital, but he did not survive.
In the first hours after the shooting, investigators had little to say publicly beyond the bare facts: a call for help, the tight geography of the scene, and the urgent race to get him medical care. Police said they did not have any suspects at that time, and they asked anyone who knew what happened to contact Crime Stoppers. The scene itself—an apartment complex lot in mid-afternoon—suggested a moment that erupted quickly, leaving behind questions that witnesses might have carried away in silence.
Later, the case appeared in a publicly posted Indianapolis homicide log as a firearm death that was ultimately “cleared” and categorized as self-defense at the same Bavarian East Drive location and date. In practical terms, that kind of clearance indicates investigators concluded the shooting was legally justified rather than a criminal homicide, and there is no publicly reported arrest tied to Jordan’s death in that listing.
Away from the police tape and investigative summaries, Jordan’s obituary placed him back among the people who loved him, noting his death date and the plans to gather in remembrance. A funeral service was announced for February 17, 2017, at Hovey St. Church of Christ, with arrangements handled by a local funeral home—details that point to a family bracing itself to grieve publicly after a death that began in violence and ended in loss.
