Indianapolis man fatally shot in downtown garage near convention center

A family outing to an Indianapolis Indians game ended in a parking garage shooting that killed Brett Scrogham, a 23-year-old recent graduate of the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University Indianapolis. He was shot on May 28, in the 100 block of South Capitol Avenue, directly across from the Indiana Convention Center in downtown Indianapolis, then later died from his injuries.

Police have treated the case as a random act of violence and said they were investigating the circumstances around the shooting. At the time, IMPD said it had information it was not releasing publicly and asked anyone with tips or surveillance video to come forward. Officers also detained one person at the scene and were working to determine that person’s involvement.

The shooting happened in one of the city’s most heavily traveled corridors, a garage used by visitors, workers and families heading into the convention district and nearby sports venues. WTHR reported that police blocked the garage entrance on South Capitol Avenue after the shooting, underscoring how quickly an ordinary downtown stop turned into a crime scene.

Scrogham’s death hit especially hard because of the way the evening had started. He was reportedly heading to the ballgame with family when he was shot, a detail that has made the killing feel even more baffling to people trying to understand what happened inside a place that should have been routine, not deadly. The Marion County Coroner’s Office identified him after he was initially reported in critical condition.

Friends and classmates remembered Scrogham as a young business graduate with a future ahead of him. The Kelley School of Business Indianapolis listed him among its undergraduate students this year, adding another layer of shock to a case that has left investigators with a body, a parking garage and few public answers about motive.

The killing also landed in a city already on edge over downtown gun violence. Indianapolis leaders and residents have faced renewed concern after other recent shootings downtown, including one days later on South Meridian Street, and after a larger July 2025 mass shooting that pushed calls for more patrols, more cameras, curfew enforcement and closer coordination with state police. IMPD later said it would increase patrols around the convention center and the garage, a sign that the stretch around South Capitol Avenue remains under close watch as investigators try to reconstruct Scrogham’s final moments.