INDIANAPOLIS — IMPD is investigating after a person who had been shot was found dead on Indianapolis' near north side Friday afternoon.
Around 2 p.m. on Aug. 25, officers responded to the 2900 block of Indianapolis Avenue, near West 29th Street, for a report of a body found next to a garage.
Officers located what police believe was a man next to a garage of an occupied house. The man was pronounced dead at the scene.
After inspection by the coroner, detectives learned the victim had a gunshot wound.
On Aug. 31, the Marion County Coroner's Office identified the man as 59-year-old James Russell Hiner.
"While detectives do not know exactly when the person died or how long he had been there, detectives know it was prior to Friday (the day the investigation started)," IMPD said in a statement.
IMPD Missing Persons detectives had previously asked for help in locating Hiner.
Anyone with information about this incident should contact Detective Kyle Hoover at the IMPD Homicide Office at 317-327-3475, email Kyle.Hoover@indy.gov, or contact Crime Stoppers at 317-262-TIPS (8477).