INDIANAPOLIS — IMPD is investigating after finding the body of a man on the city's near east side Friday morning.
Police responded to a report of a person down in the 2000 block of East Brookside Avenue, near Massachusetts Avenue and North Rural Street, around 8:15 a.m.
Police located a man, identified by the Marion County Coroner's Office as 19-year-old Markes Day, who appeared to be shot. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
Homicide detectives responded to the scene, and preliminary information leads them to believe the shooting happened at a location overnight that was different from where the man was found.
Police have not shared any additional information on a possible suspect or motive, or exactly where the shooting may have occurred.
Anyone with information on the incident is asked to contact Detective Larry Craciunoiu at the IMPD Homicide Office at 317-327-3475 or email Larry.Craciunoiu@indy.gov. Tips can also be submitted anonymously to Crime Stoppers of Central Indiana at 317-262-8477.