INDIANAPOLIS — IMPD homicide detectives are investigating after a person was found dead in a taxi cab on the near north side early Saturday.
Shortly after 4 a.m., a 911 caller reported the cab had been parked near 11th and New Jersey streets with its doors open for a prolonged period of time.
Downtown district officers responded and found a man sitting in the driver's seat of the yellow minivan with what appeared to be gunshot injuries. The engine was still running, according to a police report.
Medics pronounced the victim dead at the scene.
The Marion County Coroner's Office identified the dead man as 55-year-old Abdukadir Filanwaa.
Investigators are asking for neighbors and businesses in the area of 11th and New Jersey streets, just south of Interstate 65 between Delaware Street and the North Split, to check their video cameras between 2 a.m. and 4 a.m. for activity in the area.
Anyone with information about this incident should call Detective James Hurt at the IMPD Homicide Office at 317-327-3475 or email him at James.Hurt@indy.gov.
Anonymous tips can be left with Crime Stoppers of Central Indiana at 317-262-8477 or (TIPS).