INDIANAPOLIS — IMPD is investigating after a west Indianapolis shooting Tuesday evening left one teenager dead and another injured.
Shortly before 10 p.m. Oct. 10, officers were called to the intersection of Scotland Drive and Bank Place, near West Morris Street and South Raceway Road, for a report of a person shot.
Officers located a 16-year-old who had been shot. He was taken in critical condition to Eskenazi Hospital, where he later died.
The Marion County Coroner's Office identified the teen killed as 16-year-old Christian Peters.
(EDITOR'S NOTE: IMPD initially said a man had been shot and killed but later corrected their statement to say a 16-year-old had died.)
A male, who police said "identified himself as having been involved," was detained near the scene. Wednesday morning, IMPD announced detectives arrested that man in the incident.
According to court documents, the incident was the result of a gun buy that went bad.
The person arrested claimed the seller pulled a gun on him, so he opened fire on them. He allegedly told police he fired first and then heard return fire from the seller's car. Police said the suspect's story changed and was inconsistent with witness statements and evidence at the scene.
(NOTE: 13News has a policy to not name a suspect until charges have been filed by prosecutors.)
Around 45 minutes after the initial shooting report, officers responded to a report of a walk-in person shot at Ascension St. Vincent Hospital. Officers found a teen male who had been shot, who was described as "stable."
After speaking with at least one witness at the shooting scene and gathering additional information, detectives believe the incidents are connected, police said.
"The circumstances that led up to the shooting remain under investigation," IMPD said in a statement.
Anyone with information on the incident is asked to contact Detective Kyle Hoover at the IMPD Homicide Office at 317-327-3475 or email Kyle.Hoover@indy.gov.
Tips can also be submitted anonymously to Crime Stoppers of Central Indiana at 317-262-8477.
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