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25-year-old man killed in shooting on Indy's south side

The shooting happened around 3:30 p.m. Monday near Stop 11 and Railroad roads.

INDIANAPOLIS — A man is dead after a shooting on the south side of Indianapolis Monday afternoon.

IMPD officers responded to a report of a car that went off the road and into a yard near West Stop 11 and Railroad roads around 3:30 p.m. May 6.

Officers arrived and determined a man had been shot. Medics pronounced the victim dead at the scene.

On Tuesday, the Marion County Coroner's Office identified the victim as 25-year-old Yasar Jamal Oliver Burnett Jr. and said his death was a homicide.

Police have not shared information about a possible suspect or motive at this time.

Anyone with information about the shooting is asked to contact Det. Jose Torres at the IMPD Homicide Office at 317-327-3475 or by e-mail at Jose.Torres@indy.gov. Tips can also be submitted anonymously to Crime Stoppers of Central Indiana at 3172-262-8477,

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