INDIANAPOLIS — IMPD announced the arrest of a 31-year-old man for his alleged role in the death of a 23-year-old man on the near northeast side of Indianapolis in November 2022.
Around 12:45 a.m. Nov. 21, 2022, officers responded to the intersection of East 38th Street and North Keystone Avenue for a report of shots fired.
Police searching the area located a man believed to be in his early 20s who appeared to be shot lying in a grassy area near East 38th Street and North Temple Avenue, two blocks east of North Keystone Avenue.
The man was taken to a local hospital in critical condition. Around 1:30 a.m., police said he had died.
The Marion County Coroner's Office identified the victim as 23-year-old Day’eon Raymon Mallory.
More than a year and a half later, IMPD announced the arrest of a suspect in the case.
On June 12, 2024, the Marion County Prosecutor's Office filed charges against 31-year-old Dontae Robinson, of Indianapolis, for murder and unlawful possession of a firearm.
On Friday, June 14, officers with the IMPD Violent Crimes Unit, IMPD SWAT and IMPD K-9 located and took Robinson into custody.
Robinson was ordered to be held at the Community Justice Campus without bond, with an initial hearing scheduled for Tuesday, June 18.
Anyone with additional information on the incident is asked to contact Detective Matthew Melkey at the IMPD Homicide Office at 317-327-3475 or email Matthew.Melkey@indy.gov.
