INDIANAPOLIS — IMPD is investigating after a man was found dead following a shooting on Indianapolis' near northeast side early Thursday.
Around 2:40 a.m. on Aug. 31, officers responded to the area of East 34th Street and Baltimore Avenue, just west of North Keystone Avenue in the Meadows neighborhood, after a caller reported they drove up on a person who was down on the side of the road.
At the scene, officers located a man who had been shot. He was pronounced dead at the scene, IMPD Capt. Don Weilhammer told 13News.
On Aug. 31, the Marion County Coroner's Office identified the man as 39-year-old Francisco Brito.
"Preliminary information leads detectives to believe that the male was riding a motorcycle through the intersection when shots were fired," IMPD said in a statement. "The victim then crashed his motorcycle into the front yard of a residence."
Detectives are working to speak with people who live in the area and following up on leads in the investigation, IMPD said.
Anyone with information on the incident is asked to contact Detective Christopher Morgan at the IMPD Homicide Office at 317-327-3475 or email Christopher.Morgan@indy.gov. Tips can also be submitted anonymously to Crime Stoppers of Central Indiana at 317-262-8477.