INDIANAPOLIS — Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department said a man was fatally shot Sunday morning in a parking lot at the Amber Woods Apartments on the city's east side.
Officers responded to the 10100 block of John Marshall Drive, near 38th Street and Mitthoefer Road, on a report of a person shot around 11 a.m. Upon arrival, officers found a man who had been shot.
He was in critical condition and moved to a local hospital, where he was later pronounced dead.
The Marion County Coroner's Office identified the victim as 32-year-old Stephen Rozelle Hale.
According to IMPD, officers believe the incident occurred outside and not inside any of the apartments.
"Just me thinking about it and I can see it over and over in my head. It's a terrible thing for your children to walk outside and see somebody laying on the ground bleeding to death," a resident at the apartments told 13News.
13News spoke with a woman, who did not want to give her name, that said she was inside her home when she heard the gunshots.
"We don't know where the shots were coming from. We couldn't see shooters but we know it was several gun shots," she said.
IMPD said when they arrived on scene, there was a large crowd of people and multiple cars had bullet holes.
The woman 13News spoke with said she's lived in this area for over three decades and things seem to be getting worse.
"The people out here, they have all the kind of traffic from the outside, and these people come out with guns, and we don't know who they are," she said. "We can't let our kids go out and play because like I said, there's random gunshots. Could be in the morning, could be in the evening, could be at night."
While police continue to investigate what led up to the shooting, neighbors are just hoping people can put down the guns.
"Everybody just needs to stay in prayer and pray for our community, our young people," the woman said.
Anyone with information regarding this incident is asked to contact Crime Stoppers of Central Indiana at 317-262-TIPS (8477), where tips can be shared anonymously.