LAWRENCE, Ind. — Lawrence police are conducting a homicide investigation after a man was found dead Sunday night.
Around 11 p.m. on Aug. 13, officers responded to a report of an altercation between family members at an apartment in the 7100 block of Foxborough Drive, near East 56th Street and Interstate 465.
Officers arrived and found an unresponsive man, later identified as 27-year-old Oliver Johnson. Medics pronounced Johnson dead at the scene.
The Marion County Coroner's Office determined Johnson died from a single gunshot wound.
Officers then spoke with family members, who identified a suspect. Family members said the suspect left the apartment before officers arrived.
Within an hour, a McCordsville police officer located the suspect's vehicle.
Lawrence and McCordsville police officers stopped the car in the 11000 block of Pendleton Pike and took the suspect into custody.
Lawrence police confirmed Johnson was shot by his 53-year-old father.
The suspect was arrested on a preliminarily charged for murder. The Marion County Prosecutor's Office will make a final charging decision.
Anyone with additional information is asked to call Crime Stoppers of Central Indiana at 317-262-8477.