INDIANAPOLIS — Avery Devon Neal's family has been through tragedy before, only on the surviving end that time. Neal was one of the survivors of the 2021 mass shooting at a FedEx facility in Indianapolis.
More than four years later, his family is now figuring out what to say in the aftermath of a hit-and-run that ended the 32-year-old's life Oct. 4.
But ask them to describe him, and the words keep flowing: hilarious, fun, mindful, they told 13News, and as the second youngest of four, he was of course, mischievous.
"Obviously we're all in shock, we're very much in shock," Neal's older brother, Darren Meyers, said. "Not really knowing how to be in this moment right now."
Metro Police say officers found Neal's body in the intersection of Michigan and Cooper roads on the northwest side of I