INDIANAPOLIS — Detectives from the Indiana State Police are investigating a shooting along I-465 that left a 32-year-old Marion County man in critical condition.
Troopers were sent at 2:45 p.m. Sunday to the ramp from I-465 southbound to Shadeland Avenue near the 43 mile marker for a driver severely injured, state police said. Early reports were debris of some sort had come through the windshield and struck the victim. Callers reported the victim was unresponsive and CPR had been initiated. Based on preliminary investigation, it was determined the victim had suffered a gunshot wound, and detectives and crime scene investigators were called to the scene.
Detectives believe more than one shot was fired at the vehicle, which was occupied by the male victim, who was the driver, an adult female and a 3-year-old child. Neither the female passenger nor the child were injured. The victim was transported to the hospital with critical injuries.
The details of this incident are actively under investigation and detectives are working diligently to determine exactly what led to the shooting. No arrests have been made at this point.
Anyone with information about the shooting which is believed to have happened in the area of I-465 and Shadeland Avenue/56th Street interchange is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 317-262-TIPS (8477).
