INDIANAPOLIS — IMPD has made an arrest in a shooting that left a woman dead and a man, who is now a suspect, wounded Tuesday afternoon on the south side of Indianapolis.
Police said the shooting happened around 12:30 p.m. on Aug. 15 in the 1400 block of Salisbury Lane, near Shelby Street and Carson Avenue.
Officers arrived and found a man outside who had been shot. Medics took the man to a hospital in critical condition.
Upon further investigation, officers found an unresponsive woman inside the home. Medics pronounced her dead at the scene.
IMPD said late Tuesday the male victim has been arrested for murder in what detectives believe was a murder-attempted suicide. He remains in the hospital.
On Wednesday, the Marion County Coroner's Office identified the victim as 29-year-old Nichole Kirksey.
Anyone with information about the incident is asked to contact Detective Larry Craciunoiu at the IMPD Homicide Office at 317-327-3475 or email him at Larry.Craciunoiu@indy.gov.
Tips can also be made anonymously to Crime Stoppers of Central Indiana at 317-262-8477.