LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Lafayette police are investigating a double shooting that left a teen and another man injured Friday night.
The Lafayette Police Department was called to the 2400 block of Central Street at 7:42 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 20, on a report of someone being shot.
They arrived to find two people who were injured. Nathan Oliver, 17, and Dalton Kirts, 22, had both been shot in the leg.
Lafayette police credited the victims' survival to the immediate life-saving efforts from officers on the scene.
One of the men was taken to a local hospital, and the other was flown to an Indianapolis hospital. Both are now reportedly in stable condition.
Oliver and Kirts were sitting in a parked car when the shooting happened. Police said evidence suggests multiple rounds were fired from a handgun, and the car the two men were in had multiple bullet holes. A house in the 2300 block of Central Street also had a single bullet hole.
No other damages or injuries were reported.
The police department is in the process of investigating the shooting. However, detectives don't believe the incident was a random act of violence.
Anyone with information about the shooting is being asked to call the Lafayette Police Department at 765- 807-1200, or the anonymous WeTIP Hotline at 800-78-CRIME.
