Shooting on northwest side leaves man dead

UPDATE: The victim has been identified as 18-year-old Curtis Wright, Jr.

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — A man is dead after a shooting early Saturday morning on the city’s northwest side.

Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department says it received a report of a person shot at 1:53 a.m. Officers were sent to the 6400 block of Apollo Way and the 5800 block of West 62nd Street — both located just east of Eagle Creek Park — and found the victim on West 62nd Street.

Police say the man was taken to the hospital, where he was pronounced dead just before 3 a.m.

No further information about the man’s identity or a possible suspect was immediately available.