INDIANAPOLIS — Police are investigating after a man was found dead in an apartment courtyard on Thanksgiving morning.
On Thursday, Nov. 23 around 8:30 a.m., IMPD East District officers were dispatched to the 200 block of North Shortridge Road, near 10th Street and Shadeland Avenue, on a report of a person down in a courtyard.
When officers arrived, they found an adult male with unknown trauma, deceased in the courtyard surrounded by multiple apartment buildings.
The Marion County Coroner's Office identified the man as 34-year-old Ousman A. Gasama.
Officers followed a blood trail to an apartment in an apartment building, south of the buildings surrounding this courtyard.
Homicide detectives responded to the scene to begin the investigation. Detectives reported they have spoken with multiple people at the scene.
Anyone with additional information on the incident is asked to call Crime Stoppers of Central Indiana at 317-262-8477.