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Man dead in shooting on Indy's near northeast side

The shooting happened near the intersection of North Sherman Drive and East 30th Street shortly before 3 a.m. Thursday.

INDIANAPOLIS — A man is dead after a shooting early Thursday morning on the near northeast side of Indianapolis. 

IMPD officers responded to the 2900 block of North Sherman Drive, near East 30th Street, shortly before 3 a.m. on a report of shots fired. Officers found a man at the scene who had been shot. The man, identified by the Marion County coroner's office as 36-year-old Dustin Jermaine Evans, was pronounced dead at the scene.

IMPD Homicide Detectives responded to begin an investigation. Preliminary information leads police to believe the shooting happened outside the business near where the man was found. 

Police said they believe there is no ongoing threat to the public. IMPD said early Thursday morning, they believed a male suspect in the shooting fled the scene in a white Ford F-150 truck north on Sherman Drive and then west down 30th Street. 

The Marion County Coroner's Office will determine the exact cause of death.

Anyone with information on this incident is asked to contact Douglas Swails at the IMPD Homicide Office at 317-327-3475 or email Douglas.Swails@indy.gov. Tips can also be made to Crime Stoppers of Central Indiana at 317-262-8477. 

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