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Teenager dead, man critical after shooting near West 25th Street

Man dead, another critical hurt after shooting

UPDATE: The Marion County Coroner’s Office identified the person shot and killed as 16-year-old Keith Louis Ray. His death was ruled a homicide. Police say “while on scene, the detectives had believed the deceased individual to be an adult male.”

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — A man is dead and another man is in critical condition after a shooting on the city’s near northwest side, according to the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department.

Around 8:11 p.m. Thursday, IMPD officers were dispatched to the 400 block of West 25th Street on a report of a person shot. That is a a residential area on the city’s near northwest side. When officers arrived to the scene, they found an adult male lying in the street with gunshot wound injuries. The man was pronounced dead at the scene.

Around 8:14 p.m. Thursday, IMPD officers responded to a report of a walk-in person shot at IU Health Methodist Hospital in the 1700 block of Senate Boulevard. At the hospital, officers located a man in critical condition with gunshot wound injuries.

Investigators did not immediately release information on the identity of the victims or what led to the shooting, but they believe these two incidents are connected.

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