INDIANAPOLIS — IMPD arrested a man for his alleged role in a deadly shooting in downtown Indianapolis Thursday morning.
Police responded to a report of a person shot on July 20 around 6:45 a.m. near the intersection of Pennsylvania and Walnut streets, which is along the American Legion Mall.
Officers arrived and found a man who had been shot in the head. The victim was pronounced dead at the scene.
The Marion County Coroner's Office identified the victim as 52-year-old Anthony Christopher Drummer.
While police were investigating, they claim 30-year-old Howard Moffitt walked toward them with his hands up and saying he had shot Drummer. Drummer allegedly told them the gun he used was in his backpack.
Moffitt was arrested on a preliminary charge of murder.
Anyone with information about the incident is asked to call Detective Brad Nuetzman at the IMPD Homicide Office at 317-327-3475 or email the detective at Brad.Nuetzman@indy.gov. Tips can also be made anonymously to Crime Stoppers of Central Indiana at 317-262-8477.