INDIANAPOLIS — Just hours after federal, state and local officials announced Operation Legend, an initiative to crackdown on violent crime, a reward up to $25,000 was offered on information on 10-year-old De’Shaun Swanson’s murder on Sept. 19, 2015.
Swanson was killed in a drive-by shooting in the Butler-Tarkington neighborhood. De’Shaun and his family had just arrived at a memorial service for an elderly family friend when shots were fired at the house from a newer model, silver/gray vehicle with tinted windows. The shots fired came from the front and rear seat passengers of the vehicle.
Known as “Little Man”, the fourth grader had dreamed of being a basketball player.
Operation Legend will be a 45-day commitment of 57 federal agents and investigators to support IMPD in their efforts to reduce gun violence in Indianapolis.
The Bureau of Justice Assistance is making $250,000 available to support the initiative in Indianapolis.
Anyone with information on De’Shaun Swanson’s murder can call FBI Indianapolis as 317-595-4000, the FBI Tip Line at 1-800-CALL-FBI, or Crime Stoppers at 317-262-TIPS.
