IMPD Detectives Investigating Shooting That Left One Dead, One Injured

INDIANAPOLIS, IN — Detectives with the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Homicide Unit are investigating a fatal shooting that happened over the weekend on the city’s southwest side, IMPD reports. IMPD said officers were dispatched to the 6400 block of W. Washington Street just before 3 a.m. Sunday morning for a person shot at a night club. That's where officials said they located two men who appeared to be suffering from a gunshot wound and were transported to a nearby hospital by Indianapolis EMS.

According to IMPD, one of the men was pronounced dead shortly after arriving to the hospital, and the other male was treated for injuries and released.

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Police say the Marion County Coroner's Office will be assisting in this investigation and will work to determine the victim's exact cause of death. Homicide detectives and the Indianapolis-Marion County Forensic Services Agency are also assisting. (For more information on this and other neighborhood stories, subscribe to Indianapolis Patch to receive daily newsletters and breaking news alerts and LIKE Indianapolis Patch on Facebook).

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IMPD said anyone with information is asked to call Detective Steven Gray at the IMPD Homicide Office at 317-327-3843 or Crime Stoppers of Central Indiana at 317.262.8477 (TIPS).

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