INDIANAPOLIS — IMPD is investigating after two people were injured in a shooting on Indianapolis' west side Monday morning.
Shortly after 11 a.m. Oct. 9, officers responded to the 3500 block of Moller Road, south of West 38th Street, for a report of a person shot. Officers located two people with gunshot wound(s) who were described by police as "awake and breathing" when taken to local hospitals.
IMPD Lt. Shane Foley later confirmed a woman was taken to the hospital in critical condition and a man who was shot was said to be stable.
Police said people were exchanging gunfire outside an apartment complex in the 6400 block of Lupine Terrace, near West 34th Street and North High School Road, but the gunshot victims were found in the 3500 block of Moller Road.
“Minutes after, they responded to a different report of a person shot here at 3500 Moller Road,” Foley said.
Officers found shell casings littering the ground.
“Preliminarily, the individuals who were located here on Moller Road, we believe that that incident occurred at 6400 Lupine. Detectives believe there was an exchange of gunfire between one or both of the individuals here and one or more individuals at the Lupine address,” Foley said.
It was an unnerving scene for neighbors like Larry Martin, who has lived near Moller Road for 40 years.
“Ain’t nothing neighbors can do. You just gotta protect yourself. Stay in your house. Like I said, they're going to do what they’re going to do. You just have to stay out the way,” Martin said.
Detectives believe everyone involved in the shooting knew one another and they have everyone responsible involved.
“It’s still shameful that any injuries occurred in an exchange of gunfire in broad daylight in a neighborhood. It’s unacceptable to us," Foley said. "We’re thankful that no one who was uninvolved was injured."
According to IMPD, there is no ongoing threat to the community.
Anyone with information on the incident is asked to contact Crime Stoppers of Central Indiana at 317-262-8477.
Editor's note: IMPD initially said a third person at the Lupine Terrace address was believed to have a graze wound from a bullet, but police later clarified a third person had not been shot.