Someone fired 13 rounds into the home of Indianapolis City-County Councilor Ron Gibson at approximately 12:45 a.m. on April 6, days after Gibson publicly backed a $500 million data center rezoning in his district. Gibson and his eight-year-old son were inside. Neither was injured.
A handwritten note reading “NO DATA CENTERS,” sealed in a ziplock bag, was recovered from under Gibson’s doormat on the 5000 block of East 41st Street. Photos released by Gibson show shattered glass and bullet holes across a screen door.
BREAKING: 13 shots fired into home of Indianapolis councilor; note reading “No data centers” left at scene. pic.twitter.com/jUqhiGKvFC
— Resist Wire (@ResistWire) April 6, 2026
After voting for a new data center, Indianapolis councilmember Ron Gibson’s home was shot at.
pic.twitter.com/ws20QBv30o— The Post Millennial (@TPostMillennial) April 7, 2026
The Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department (IMPD) called it “an isolated, targeted incident.” The FBI and the Indiana Department of Homeland Security are assisting in the investigation. No arrests have been made.
The attack followed a 6-2 vote by the Metropolitan Development Commission on April 1 approving rezoning for Metrobloks, a Los Angeles-based developer, to build a nearly 14-acre data center in Martindale-Brightwood, a historically Black neighborhood on Indianapolis’s near northeast side.
Gibson supported the decision publicly, citing a $2.5 million community benefit commitment and projections of up to $20 million in additional neighborhood investment. He is not a member of the commission.
— Ron Gibson (@RonGibson_Indy) April 1, 2026
“Just steps from where those bullets struck is our dining room table, where my son had been playing with his Legos the day before,” Gibson said in a statement. “That reality is deeply unsettling.”
Indianapolis has now seen three separate data center disputes reach formal votes within three months.
A Pike Township project was withdrawn in February 2026 after sustained community opposition.
A $4 billion, 130-acre facility in Decatur Township was approved in March 2026 over similar objections.
The April 6 shooting is the first documented instance of political violence targeting an elected official over a data center vote in the United States.
City-County Council President Maggie A. Lewis said the attack was “an alarming and unacceptable escalation,” adding that no elected official should fear for their safety over a policy position.
