Man dies in 2nd fatal shooting at Indianapolis motel since May

INDIANAPOLIS (WRTV) — For the second time since May, a person has been fatally shot at a motel on the city’s east side, Indianapolis police said Monday night.

Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department was called shortly before 7:45 p.m. Monday to a report of an incomplete 911 call at Budget 8 Inn, 6850 E. 21st St.

Officers arrived to find an adult male with a gunshot wound who died at the scene. IMPD says there was an altercation between “two or more” individuals on a balcony located at the rear of the building.

Two people were detained and later released, police said.

The victim was identified as 28-year-old Sheldon LaQuan Roberts.

On May 14, Joshua Thompson, 30, was taken from the motel in critical condition after a shooting reported just before 6:30 p.m. He later died of his injuries.

The motel southwest of the interchange of I-70 and Shadeland Avenue has been the scene of multiple shootings in recent years, based on previous reporting.

Anyone with information about this incident should call Detective Matthew Melkey at the IMPD Homicide Office at 317.327.3475 or e-mail the detective at Matthew.Melkey@indy.gov.