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Man killed in shooting on Indy's near east side

Officers responded to the 500 block of North Dearborn Street, north of East Michigan Street, around 4:15 a.m.

INDIANAPOLIS — An IMPD investigation is underway after a man was fatally shot on Indianapolis' near east side Thursday morning.

Around 4:15 on June 22, officers responded to the 500 block of North Dearborn Street, north of East Michigan Street, for a report of a person shot.

Police located a man who had been shot in the driver's seat of a car, which was parked close to an alley in a vacant lot, near a vacant house.

Medics pronounced him pronounced dead at the scene.

The Marion County Coroner's Office identified the victim as 58-year-old Dennis K. Fowler.

Police have not released information about a possible suspect or motive at this time.

IMPD Lt. Shane Foley is asking members of the community to look at doorbell and surveillance cameras from around that time, citing the public's help in solving homicides.

Anyone with information about the incident is asked to call Detective Steven Gray at the IMPD Homicide Office at 317-327-3475 or email the detective at Steven.Gray@indy.gov. 

Tips can also be made anonymously to Crime Stoppers of Central Indiana at 317-262-8477.

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