Dustin Michael Rhodes was 28 and had lived his whole life in Anderson, Indiana. He had recently become engaged in late 2024. On the night of December 7, 2024, a dispute at the Steeplechase Apartments on West 53rd Street escalated to violence after Rhodes, who had been drinking, confronted his fiancée, Alyssa Young, over a social media post. Young told police Rhodes threw her to the ground and took back her engagement ring. She then called an acquaintance, Brandon Brooks, who was at a bar; Brooks went to the apartment with Mason J.M. Miller and Jordan Goode.

An altercation involving multiple people followed. Young reported hearing a gunshot and seeing the three men run back to a vehicle; she also heard someone say, Mason, why did you do that? Police found Rhodes with a gunshot wound around 11:15 p.m.; he was taken to a local hospital in serious condition and later died from his injuries. Arrests were made and charges were filed against four people, including a murder charge for Mason J.M. Miller; other charges included involuntary manslaughter, assisting a criminal, battery resulting in serious bodily injury, and unlawful possession or transfer of a firearm. The cases were pending in Madison Circuit Court Division 3.

Are there witnesses who were at Steeplechase Apartments that night who haven’t yet spoken to investigators?