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IMPD: 2 arrested in fatal shooting of 1-year-old

Two men have been arrested for the fatal shooting of a 1-year-old girl.

According to the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department,  27-year-old Darrin Banks and 29-year Brian Palmer have been arrested for the shooting of Malaysia Robson.

Banks and Palmer both face preliminary charges of murder and aggravated assault. 

According to the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department, officers were called shortly before 1:45 a.m. on March 29 to the 3500 block of North Wittfield Street. A suspect exited a car and fired multiple rounds into a house, Chief Bryan Roach said.

Someone fired multiple shots into a house. They struck and killed the 1-year-old girl.

Roach said the incident started on social media and escalated to a large fight at the residence in the middle of the night.