1 dies after arriving at Community Hospital East with gunshot wounds
LATEST: The Marion County Coroner’s Office identified the person who died as 25-year-old Kason Dixon.
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — A person died early Saturday morning after they arrived at a hospital on the east side of Indianapolis with gunshot wounds.
The name or age of the person hasn’t been shared yet.
Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department officers were called to Community Hospital East at 1500 N. Ritter Dr. sometime before 1 a.m. on a report of a person shot.
Originally, police reported the person to be in critical condition, but they were later pronounced deceased.
IMPD investigators later said that they believed the shooting originally happened near the intersection of East 21st Street and North Shadeland Avenue, which is in a business area with hotels, restaurants, and gas stations.
Anyone with information about this incident should contact Detective Christopher Morgan at the IMPD Homicide Office at 317-327-3475 or e-mail at Christopher.Morgan@indy.gov.
