INDIANAPOLIS — IMPD is investigating after a man died following a shooting on Indianapolis' east side Friday morning.
Around 5:45 a.m. Sept. 8, officers responded to the 1200 block of Wallace Avenue, near 10th Street and Emerson Avenue, for a report of a person shot.
Officers located a man near an alley who had been shot.
Medics took him to Methodist Hospital in "very critical" condition, police at the scene told 13News. IMPD later confirmed the victim died from his injuries.
On Sept. 11, the Marion County Coroner's Office identified the victim as 29-year-old Gerardo Hernandez Morales.
Police believe the shooting happened sometime Friday morning, and someone who lives nearby called 911.
"Whether it is a disturbance or whether it's a disagreement, we want them to be accountable for their response. Unfortunately, things like this are going to continue to happen until our community can come together and figure out how to consider others before themselves, how to find their love for one another again. Until we get to that point, we are going to continue responding to incidences like this, unfortunately," said IMPD Ofc. Samone Burris.
No additional information on the circumstances of the incident, including a possible suspect, was immediately available.
"It's just really sad that it has come to this. You don't have to pull a gun and hurt people. You can always just walk away if you have a problem," said a neighbor named Julie.
Anyone with information about the incident is asked to contact Detective Christopher Winter at the IMPD Homicide Office at 317-327-3475 or email him at Christopher.Winter@indy.gov.
Tips can also be submitted anonymously to Crime Stoppers of Central Indiana at 317-262-8477.