INDIANAPOLIS — Police are investigating after a man was shot and killed on Indianapolis' near northwest side early Thursday.
Shortly after 5:15 a.m., IMPD officers responded to the 2100 block of North Dexter Street, north of West 21st Street in the Riverside neighborhood, for a report of a person shot.
Police located an adult male victim laying in the middle of the road with an apparent gunshot wound(s). The man was pronounced dead at the scene, IMPD said.
The Marion County Coroner's Office identified the victim as 43-year-old Michael Shoffner.
Homicide detectives responded to the scene to begin an investigation.
Police said there is no known threat to the community, and police have not arrested anyone at this time.
Anyone with information about the incident is asked to contact Detective Douglas Swails at the IMPD Homicide Office at 317-327-3475 or email him at Douglas.Swails@Indy.gov.
Tips can also be made anonymously to Crime Stoppers of Central Indiana at 317-262-8477.