Person dies after found shot in residential area on near north side

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — A man died after being found shot Wednesday night in a residential area on the near north side, Indianapolis police say.

The Marion County Coroner’s Office later identified the man as Jamar Ward, 18.

Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department were sent to a report of shots fired shortly after 10:30 p.m. Wednesday in the 3000 block of Broadway Street. That’s west of the intersection of 30th Street and North College Avenue.

Officers arrived to find an adult male with gunshot wounds. He died at the scene.

No word was immediately available on any possible suspects, or what may have led to the shooting.

Anyone with information was asked to call Detective Christopher Winter at the IMPD Homicide Office at 317-327-3475 or by email at Christopher.Winter@indy.gov. Tips can also be left with Crime Stoppers of Central Indiana at 317-262-8477.

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