IMPD: Person shot, killed on southeast side

UPDATE: The victim has been identified as 30-year-old Dustin Phipps. Anvictor Butler, 46, has been arrested in the case.

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — Indianapolis police were investigating Tuesday after a person was shot and killed on the city’s southeast side.

Just before 10 a.m., Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department officers were called to a report of shots fired near Southeastern and Emerson Avenues. That’s a residential area about 2.5 miles west of I-465 and several blocks east of Bethel Park.

Officers arrived and found the victim, identified by IMPD as a male, with gunshot wounds near the intersection of Southeastern Avenue and Minnesota Street.

He was taken to a local hospital in critical condition but was pronounced dead shortly after arrival, according to IMPD Public Affairs Officer Sgt. Genae Cook.

IMPD homicide detectives were called to the scene and began an investigation.

No arrests have been made and police did not say what might have led to the shooting.

The Marion County Coroner’s Office will determine the exact cause and manner of death. The coroner’s office will release the victim’s name after his family members have been notified.

Anyone with information was asked to contact Detective Christopher Craighiill by calling the IMPD Homicide Office at 317-327-3475 or by e-mail at Christopher.Craighill@indy.gov. Anonymous tips can be left with Crime Stoppers of Central Indiana at 317-262-TIPS.