INDIANAPOLIS (WTHR) - Metro police are investigating a deadly shooting on the city's northeast side overnight.
A 16-year-old girl, who was later identified as Nya Cope, was shot while riding in a car with her family near the intersection of 38th Street and Arlington Avenue just before 1 a.m. Sunday. She died at the hospital.
Detectives believe a stray bullet struck her.
Police have not shared information on a potential suspect or what led to the shooting.
Around the same time, a second person walked into Methodist Hospital with a gunshot wound, but police have not been able to connect the two incidents.
Anyone with information about this incident should call the IMPD Homicide Office at (317) 327.3475 or Crime Stoppers of Central Indiana at (317) 262.8477 or (TIPS).