In the early hours of a Thursday morning in Indianapolis, 18-year-old Damichael D. Forrest was found shot to death, his life abruptly ended in a vacant apartment. A male, he was discovered on January 28, 2016, at the Carriage House Apartments located in the 10100 block of Pineneedle Court, near 42nd Street and Mitthoefer Road. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
At the time of the discovery, detectives with the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department stated that the circumstances surrounding the shooting were still under investigation. His death was part of a string of violence in the city overnight, with his case being one of four separate shootings that resulted in two fatalities.
In the years that have followed, public online sources and news reports have not provided any updates regarding arrests or the identification of any suspects in the murder of Damichael D. Forrest. The case, as far as publicly available information indicates, remains an unsolved homicide. His family and community were left to mourn a young life cut short, with an obituary remembering him as a senior at Arsenal Technical High School who loved playing basketball and spending time with his family, known for making people laugh by cracking jokes.
