On the evening of January 28, 2014, a violent ambush unfolded outside a Citgo gas station and convenience store in the 1800 block of North Rural Street in Indianapolis, Indiana. William Davis II, a 25-year-old Black male, was exiting the business alongside 23-year-old Tyrece Dorsey when a gunman, who had been lying in wait, opened fire on them. Both men attempted to flee the sudden barrage of bullets but were struck and killed at the scene.
Two other individuals who were inside a vehicle with the victims at the time of the shooting were unharmed. The assailant was seen on surveillance video fleeing the area in a silver or gold Dodge Sebring.
Investigators eventually linked the double homicide to a broader wave of violence allegedly orchestrated by a local drug trafficking organization known as the "Grundy Crew." Police arrested John Means, suspecting him of acting as a hitman for the group. Authorities believed that the attack on Davis and Dorsey was a targeted hit, potentially connected to internal disputes or rivalries involving the criminal enterprise. Means was also accused of carrying out a second double homicide just days later, on February 1, 2014, which claimed the lives of two other men on North Hovey Street.
Despite the initial breakthrough in identifying a suspect, the legal case against John Means unraveled years later. In April 2017, prosecutors requested the dismissal of the murder charges related to the deaths of Davis and Dorsey. The decision came after Means had already been acquitted by a jury for the separate February 2014 double homicide. The collapse of the case was largely attributed to credibility issues with a key witness, whom officials accused of lying, leaving the murders of Davis and Dorsey legally unresolved without a conviction.
