INDIANAPOLIS — A man is dead after being shot on the east side of Indianapolis Monday afternoon.
Police responded to a report of a person shot around 1 p.m. in the 2300 block of Barnor Drive, near East 21st Street and North Arlington Avenue.
The victim was taken in critical condition to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead shortly after arrival. He was identified Tuesday by the Marion County Coroner's Office as 52-year-old Eric L Portis Sr.
IMPD homicide detectives preliminarily believe there was a fight between two men before shots were fired. The person who fired their gun stayed at the scene and was speaking with detectives, police said.
Anyone with information on the incident is asked to contact Detective Christopher Craighill at the IMPD Homicide Office at 317-327-3475 or email Christopher.Craighill@indy.gov.
Tips can also be submitted anonymously to Crime Stoppers of Central Indiana at 317-262-8477.
