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IMPD investigating 3 shootings across Indianapolis within an hour Thursday night

Three people have been shot Thursday evening in Indianapolis.

INDIANAPOLIS — Police are investigating three shootings that happened within an hour Thursday evening in Indianapolis.

The first shooting happened shortly after 6:45 p.m. in the 3100 block of North Sherman Drive, just north of East 30th Street. Officers responded on a report of a person who had reportedly been shot.

The adult male victim, later identified by the Marion County Coroner's Officer as 36-year-old John Roger Moore, Jr., was taken to the hospital in critical condition and later died from his injuries.

Police did not have information about a possible motive or suspect.

Anyone with information about this shooting is asked to contact Det. Matthew Melkey at the IMPD Homicide Office at 317-327-3475 or by email at Matthew.Melkey@indy.gov.

Then, just before 7 p.m., officers responded to a shooting on Chatsbee Court, near West 38th Street and North High School Road on the west side of Indianapolis. Officers found a person at the scene who had apparently been shot.

Police initially reported the male victim in this shooting had died from his injuries, but later issued a correction that he is in critical condition.

Shortly after 7:30 p.m., police responded to a shooting at the motel in 8800 block of East 21st Street, near Post Road. Police did not have a condition on the victim, but said he was alert when taken to the hospital.

The investigation into each shooting is ongoing. Police are asking anyone with information about these shootings to call IMPD at 317-327-3475 or Crime Stoppers at 317-262-TIPS.

(Editor's note: This story has been edited to reflect IMPD's correction that the victim on Chatsbee Court is in critical condition, not deceased.)

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