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Police investigate fatal east side shooting

UPDATE: The victim has been identified as 40-year-old Franklin Maxey.

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — Police are investigating a homicide on the city’s east side. 

Officers with the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department were called to the intersection of East Michigan Street and North Sherman Drive around 12:30 p.m. Saturday on a report of a person shot.

Police arrived to find a male victim suffering from apparent gunshot wounds. He was already being treated by medics but was pronounced deceased at the scene. 

No additional information about the incident was immediately available. 

Anyone with information about this incident is urged to call the IMPD Homicide Office at 317-327-3475 or Crime Stoppers of Indiana at 317-262-TIPS. 

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