INDIANAPOLIS — Metro Police are investigating after officers found a man dead on the near west side of Indianapolis on Saturday.
IMPD officers were on their way to another scene just before 7:30 p.m. when they saw a man lying in the street in the 2200 block of West Walnut Street, near West Michigan Street and North Belmont Avenue.
Officers stopped to investigate. This is when they discovered the man had been shot. IMPD said medics pronounced him dead at the scene.
The coroner's office later identified the victim as 39-year-old Shane Furman.
Homicide detectives were called to investigate. At this point, authorities have not shared information about the motive for the shooting.
Anyone with information about this shooting is being asked to call Detective Jesus Soria, Jr. at the IMPD Homicide Office at (317)327-3475 or email him at Jesus.SoriaJr@indy.gov. To remain anonymous, call Crime Stoppers of Central Indiana at (317)262-8477 or (TIPS).
This marks the city's second homicide of 2022. The first happened on the south side of Indianapolis at around 3 a.m.
IMPD Southeast District officers were called to 2861 Madison Avenue north of Troy Avenue on a report of a person stabbed. Police located a man in the parking lot of a restaurant with injuries consistent with stab wounds. Medics pronounced him dead at the scene.
According to IMPD, a disturbance was ongoing when officers arrived and they detained multiple men and women at the scene.
Homicide detectives believe everybody connected with the stabbing have been identified and there is no ongoing threat to the public.
In addition to the two people who were killed on New Year's Day, five others were injured in shootings and one other person suffered a graze wound.
The shootings started just before 2:30 a.m. when a person was shot on the north side of the city near the intersection of North Keystone Avenue and Ruth Drive. IMPD said the person who was injured in this shooting was "awake and breathing."
IMPD said a little before 6 a.m., a person suffered a minor graze wound in the 1900 block of Lisa Walk Drive, which is on the south side of Indianapolis.
Minutes after this shooting, IMPD said a person, believed to be an adult, walked into Riley Hospital with a gunshot wound. They were reported to be in stable condition.
In the afternoon, at around 2 p.m., two people were shot in the 100 block of North Dequincy Street, which is on the east side of Indianapolis. IMPD said both people are in stable condition.
An hour later, one person was critically injured in a shooting on the northeast side of Indianapolis. IMPD said the shooting happened in the 3800 block of North Temple Avenue, just east of the intersection of 38th Street and North Keystone Avenue.
