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Man dead after shooting on northwest side

UPDATE: The Marion County Coroner’s Office on Monday identified the victim in this shooting as Kenneth Batts Jr., 28.

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — A man is dead after a shooting Friday afternoon on the city’s northwest side, according to Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department.

Officers with IMPD were called to the 6300 block of Maidstone Road, in the Scarborough Lake Apartments, on a report of a person shot just after 3 p.m. That’s located near the intersection of North High School Road and 46th Street.

When officers arrived, they found a man with a gunshot wound inside of an SUV, IMPD said. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

Investigators believe nobody else was in the vehicle at the time of the shooting.

It’s unknown what led to the shooting, or who’s responsible, according to IMPD.

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