18-year-old man found dead in field on city’s northeast side

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — The death of an 18-year-old man is being investigated as a homicide after he was found unresponsive in a field on the city’s northeast side overnight.

Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department officers were called to reports of a disturbance around 1:35 a.m. Sept. 20 in the area of 7900 Red Mill Drive. That’s near North Franklin Road and East 38th Street on the city’s northeast side.

June Stewart died from gunshot, according to a 2020 IMPD homicide list released Friday.

When officers arrived to the scene they found Stewart unresponsive in a field. Investigators learned he had suffered injuries consistent with a gunshot wound.

The Marion County Coroner’s Office was called to the scene, and homicide investigators collected evidence. The list said the case remained unsolved Friday.

Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers of Central Indiana at 317-262-TIPS.