10/11/2026
Councilor Leroy Robinson’s statement on the loss of two lives in the Lakeshire Lane neighborhood of District 1.
“Today is a heartbreaking day for our community. My deepest condolences go to the family, friends, and loved ones of the two individuals who lost their lives. My thoughts are also with the neighbors and residents grieving this tragedy. A loss like this reaches beyond one household and affects an entire community.
According to the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department, the incident involved concerns related to mental health, and IMPD’s Mobile Crisis Assistance Team had previously responded to the residence. We must allow investigators to complete their work and avoid drawing conclusions about this family’s circumstances. At the same time, this tragedy should cause us to pause and examine how we respond when individuals and families face serious mental-health challenges. Mental health is both a public-health and public-safety issue.
We must ask whether help reaches people before a crisis becomes a tragedy, whether families know where to turn, and whether care continues after the immediate emergency has passed. As a city, we should not be satisfied simply because resources exist on paper.
Residents need timely access to professionals, treatment, crisis-response services, family support, and reliable follow-up care.
Meeting those needs requires coordination among mental-health providers, law enforcement, healthcare systems, and community organizations.
I am grateful to the professionals, advocates, faith leaders, nonprofit organizations, educators, and neighborhood leaders already doing important work throughout Indianapolis. Their conferences, workshops, forums, and community conversations help reduce stigma, educate residents, and encourage people to seek help.
But awareness must lead to action.
These efforts must translate into stronger services, better coordination, earlier intervention, and sustained care. That includes identifying gaps in the system, strengthening connections between crisis-response teams and the people they serve, and ensuring our public-safety professionals have the training and resources to respond appropriately when mental health is a factor.
As we mourn these two lives, we owe our residents a lasting commitment to helping individuals and families before, during, and after a crisis, with the goal of preventing future tragedies.”
