Samuel Oliver was 20 when he was shot and killed on January 11, 2024, on Glensford Drive in Avon’s Park Place Neighborhood. The shooting occurred during an apparent drug-related robbery; investigators say Oliver and another 20-year-old, Patrick Day, exchanged gunfire and both men died—Oliver at the scene and Day later at a hospital.

Police worked the case as more than a two-person shootout. Two people, Olivia Kursky and Gavin Bowman, were arrested and charged with two counts of armed robbery; court documents allege Kursky helped set up the drug deal and Bowman supplied the firearm used against Oliver. Authorities used search warrants on social media accounts and assistance from the Indiana Crime Guns Task Force during the investigation.

What information might help clarify who arranged the meeting or how the firearm changed hands that night?