Dead robbery suspect, 16, may have had gang ties

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) - There are new details about a deadly shooting where a robbery victim fought back .

The coroner has identified the dead suspect as 16-year-old Guadalupe Jimenez. Jimenez is no stranger to police.

Tuesday morning before seven o'clock in the 4600 block of East 21st Street, the Duarte family had unwelcome visitors. Two men and two women tried to rob them at gunpoint. Police said Miguel Duarte struggled with Jimenez, who was holding a gun to Duarte's wife's head.

Police said Jimenez shot Duarte in the face but Duarte fought back, got the gun and shot Jimenez dead in his living room.

In October, the prosecutor's office charged Jimenez with criminal mischief for scratching gang graffiti on a school door. MS-13 is the name of a recognized gang.

24-Hour News 8 also learned that when she was just 14, Jimenez reported to police that she was threatened by people she said were members of the Sur-13 gang, also known as Surrenos.

Police said the Duartes have no gang affiliation and were innocent victims. Meantime, there are three other suspects, two men and a woman, still on the run.

24-Hour News 8 spoke with Guadalupe Jimenez's mother on the phone Wednesday. She was very distraught about her daughter's death. While she didn't want to talk on camera, she said Guadalupe was the oldest of her four children and that she didn't know what had happened to her daughter.

According to police reports, Guadalupe's mother reported her missing last February. Police listed Guadalupe as a runaway.