INDIANAPOLIS — A 17-year-old died following a shooting early Monday morning on the southwest side of Indianapolis.
IMPD officers responded an apartment complex in the 6700 block of Twig Place, near the intersection of Mann and West Southport roads, around 12:30 a.m. for a report of a person shot.
Police located a 17-year-old male outside who had been shot. He was taken to Eskenazi Hospital in critical condition and pronounced dead shortly after arriving to the hospital, IMPD said.
As of early Monday morning, police had not provided information on the circumstances of the shooting or said if any suspects had been identified.
On Friday, the Marion County Coroner's Office identified the teen as Xavier Fairley and ruled his death a homicide due to a gunshot wound.
Anyone with information on the incident is asked to contact Detective Douglas Swails at the IMPD Homicide Office at 317-327-3475 or email Douglas.Swails@indy.gov. Tips can also be submitted anonymously to Crime Stoppers of Central Indiana at at 317-262-8477 (TIPS).