INDIANAPOLIS — A local country music DJ is speaking out after someone shot up his Indianapolis home Tuesday night.
Matt Malone, co-host of "Indy's Morning Show with Deb, Kevin and Matt" on WFMS 95.5, doesn't think he was the intended target.
Even so, two days later, the sight of bullet holes in his home are unnerving.
Malone said he moved to a Winthrop Avenue duplex a year and a half ago because it was an affordable place to live. But he has decided to leave after what happened April 23.
He shared the experience with his co-hosts and listeners Thursday morning.
"It was an experience I've never been through before," Malone said on the radio, playing for them the sound of gunfire captured on his Ring doorbell camera Tuesday.
When it was over, Malone could see the damage.
"I stepped out of my room towards the hallway. I started stepping on glass," Malone recalled. "That's when I found out that the bathroom window had been shot through."
When he went downstairs, Malone found bullet holes through his front door, which is made of steel, and the outside glass door was shattered.
The couch he sometimes works and falls asleep on was also shot up. The couch cushion where he usually lays his head had a bullet hole right through it.
"If I had worked like I normally do, that would have killed me, and that's a hard thing to think about," Malone said.
When Malone looked at his doorbell camera, 20 minutes before the gunfire, video showed two people in ski masks walking around the duplex where Malone lives.
According to Malone, you can hear his neighbor yelling at them before they disappear off-camera.
Malone shared what happened with his listeners.
"I don't want to act like there's nothing wrong because there's something wrong," Malone told them.
Malone said what happened goes beyond just one "shots fired call" in his soon-to-be former neighborhood.
"Let's face it: We need Indianapolis and central Indiana to be safe, and if my circumstances can help in any way to do that, I want to be a part of that solution," Malone said.
Even so, he's not taking any chances and has decided to move somewhere else. But Malone recognizes that not everyone who deals with gunfire where they live can do that.
"That is terrifying," Malone said. "It's sad, and it's something that it's not beyond me, and that's why I hope there's something that can be done to make this better."
What's making it better for Malone right now is all the support that's pouring in from his friends, co-workers and listeners.
"I just wanted to let Malone know he's in a lot of people's prayers," one caller told him Thursday.
It's the silver lining to a difficult week.
"There's so many people that want to do good, and as long as we can continue to try and do that, not saying it can fully offset that bad, but it's a residual, it's a domino effect," Malone said.
According to Malone, his neighbor didn't want to talk to police about what happened. IMPD says they have no update on the investigation.