Man dies in shooting in residential area on east side
UPDATE: The man shot and killed Friday has been identified as 29-year-old John Saulsberry Jr., the Marion County Coroner’s Office said Monday.
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — A man died after being found shot Friday afternoon in a shooting in a residential area on the city’s east side, Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department says.
Police were called shortly before 4:45 p.m. Friday to a home near the intersection of East 25th Street and North Parker Avenue. IMPD later confirmed the man was found in the 2400 block of North Wheeler Street. That’s north of the I-70 interchange for Keystone Way and North Rural Street.
The Marion County Coroner’s Office is expected to release the man’s name once next-of-kin is notified.
Samone Burris, an IMPD public affairs officer, says officers arrived and found the man with a gunshot wound dead outside. He was determined to have died at the crime scene.
Homicide officers were assigned to the crime, Burris says, and one person was in custody. IMPD was working to determine the person’s involvement. No arrest had been made by Friday night.
No information was immediately available about what led to the shooting.
Burris said the area is believed to be safe although streets would be closed for some time.
The officer also said it’s the 29th homicide in Indianapolis in October.
Anyone with information about the crime was asked to contact IMPD Detective Jesus Soria at the homicide office at 317-327-3475 or by e-mail at jesus.soriajr@indy.gov.
It’s the second fatal shooting on the city’s east side on Friday afternoon.
