MARION, Indiana — An Indianapolis man was critically injured after shots were fired into their car in Marion early Monday, police said.
Around 4 a.m. July 15, a Marion Police Department sergeant on patrol heard apparent gunshots in the area of South Home Avenue and East 27th Street. The sergeant then saw a male fire shots before running in a home in the 900 block of East 27th Street, the department said in a statement.
The home was then surrounded by Marion police officers and Grant County sheriff's deputies.
At the same time, police were called to a gas station in the 2900 block of South Adams Street, less than a mile away, after a shooting victim showed up at the store. The victim, a 34-year-old Indianapolis man, stopped at the front door and fell to the ground.
The victim, who had a gunshot wound to his back, was taken to Marion Health hospital and later Lutheran Hospital in Fort Wayne in critical condition, police said.
A person who had been with the victim said they were looking for a house when someone they didn't know began shooting at their car, and police said in a statement that "the vehicle showed that a bullet entered the rear of the vehicle and traveled through it to (the victim's) back."
When executing a search warrant at the home on East 27th Street, police found eight people, including minors. A Marion Police Department spokesperson said officers also found more than five pounds of marijuana, a "large amount" of psilocybin mushrooms, several guns and spent cartridge casings.
The Marion Police Department said the case remains under investigation, and anyone with information on the incident is asked to contact Capt. Josh Zigler or Crime Stoppers at 765-662-8477.
