INDIANAPOLIS — The Federal Bureau of Investigation is offering a reward of up to $25,000 for information leading to the identification and arrest of the unknown individual(s) responsible for the 2015 shooting death of a 10-year-old Indianapolis boy.
According to the FBI Indianapolis, the FBI and the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department are asking for the public's help in identifying those involved in the Sept. 19, 2015 shooting death of De'Shaun Swanson, 10.
On that evening, Swanson and his family attended a memorial service at a home in the 3900 block of Graceland Avenue in the Butler Tarkington neighborhood. The FBI said as Swanson and his family arrived at the home, someone opened fire at the house in a drive-by shooting.
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Swanson, who was standing just inside the front door, was one of four people shot. De'Shaun was rushed to an area hospital, where he died.
According to the FBI, Swanson was known as "Little Man." The fourth-grader dreamed of being a basketball player.
The FBI said the shots fired at the home came from the front and rear-seat passengers in a newer model silver/gray vehicle with window tint. The vehicle was seen slowly driving by the house multiple times.
The case is being investigated as part of the Department of Justice's Operation Legend, a coordinated federal and local law enforcement initiative to fight violent crime.
Anyone with information is asked to call the FBI Indianapolis at 317-595-4000, the FBI Tip Line at 800-CALL-FBI, or Crime Stoppers of Central Indiana at 317-262-TIPS.
