INDIANAPOLIS — A northwest Indianapolis restaurant where nine people were stabbed early Monday remains closed by the Pike Township fire marshal.
Monday's stabbing isn't the first time police have been called to Miami's Garden Lounge and Restaurant. 13News found three separate police reports from the location from just this year.
The first, on New Year's Day, was for a fight outside the club. Then in March, a report shows a person walked into the hospital with a gunshot wound and the location was listed Miami's Garden.
The third report, which was filed in late May, was for another fight that happened at the club.
IMPD says Excise Police have been to the restaurant to investigate recently. 13 News reached out to Excise Police for more information on their investigation into Miami's Garden but have not heard back.
Police said Monday the stabbing appears to have occurred during a disturbance between two groups of people.
One "person of interest" with trauma was taken to a local hospital in critical condition. Four other people were also transported to local hospitals, two in critical condition and two described as "stable."
In an update Monday morning, an IMPD spokesperson said detectives later learned two more victims – bringing the total to nine people who were stabbed – were treated at the scene and released.
Monday evening, IMPD announced the arrest of a 27-year-old suspect on preliminary charges including two counts of attempted murder and three counts of aggravated battery.
(NOTE: 13News has a policy not to name suspects until formal charges are filed by a prosecutor.)
In a statement to 13News early Thursday, the Pike Township Fire Department said the restaurant has been ordered closed due to code violations unrelated to the stabbing:
As a result of the recent incident at Miami’s Garden, our Fire Prevention Division became aware of general Marion County/City of Indianapolis code/permitting issues with the establishment which resulted in the closure order. The establishment will be able to reopen once those code/permitting issues have been addressed with the City of Indianapolis. The closure is not the result of the stabbings that took place at that location.
Specifically, a department spokesperson said, the violations "were for operating without an entertainment permit and for not obtaining a construction permit."